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Trends in Breast Cancer Prevention
This volume, with contributions from the most recognized experts in preventive strategies in breast cancer, presents the accepted as well as the novel ideas that have been introduced for the prevention of breast cancer. There is no single preventive agent that can stop the incidence of breast cancer—the malignant disease most frequently diagnosed in women of all races and nationalities. F…
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- 978-3-319-27135-4
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The Conquest of Cancer
Based on 30 years of clinical and research experience, backed by a careful assessment of four decades of published data, Dr. Faguet documented in The War on Cancer (Springer 2005), early advances in cancer treatment and patient survival that soon stalled. Ten years later and after an exhaustive analysis of evidence-based data available through 2013 that incorporates 755 references, he reveals t…
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- 978-94-017-9165-6
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- XV, 249, 19 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
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Inflammation and Lung Cancer
In recent years there have been various discoveries connecting inflammation and lung cancer and clearly there is growing interest in this area of cancer research. The link between unresolved inflammation and cancer has been well established with estimates that 15% of cancer deaths are inflammation‐related. Evidence for this link includes the following: a) some inflammatory diseases are associ…
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- 978-1-4939-2723-4
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- X, 212
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Infection and Cancer: Bi-Directorial Interactions
This unique book summarizes current knowledge on co-development of infectious diseases and cancer. It provides an overview of the complex and unique role of the immune system, inflammation, tumor-mediated immunosuppression and infection-induced immunomodulation in cancer and infection progression. Chapters are organized into themed parts, beginning with a look at the historical perspective o…
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- 978-3-319-20668-4
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- VI, 408
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- 6169 IND
Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer Survivors: Perspectives on Research Chal…
In collaboration with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), this timely volume provides a comprehensive review on all areas of breast cancer survivorship research, highlighting research that is underway or in development. The range of topics covered include the biology and management of fatigue and cognitive dysfunction on breast cancer survivorship, the biology and management of Neurop…
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- 978-3-319-16365-9
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- XV, 273
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- 616.9 IIMP
The Smoothened Receptor in Cancer and Regenerative Medicine
Medicinal chemistry is both science and art. The science of medicinal chemistry offers mankind one of its best hopes for improving the quality of life. The art of medicinal chemistry continues to challenge its practitioners with the need for both intuition and experience to discover new drugs. Hence sharing the experience of drug research is uniquely beneficial to the field of medicinal chemist…
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- 978-3-319-19755-5
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The Role of Microenvironment in the Control of Tumor Angiogenesis
This work describes the importance of tumor microenvironment in favouring tumor progression and angiogenesis. Under physiological conditions, angiogenesis is dependent on the balance of positive and negative angiogenic modulators within the vascular microenvironment and requires the functional activities of a number of molecules, including angiogenic factors, extracellular matrix proteins, a…
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- 978-3-319-27820-9
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Immunotherapy of Melanoma
This book focusses on the different types of immunotherapeutics that are currently being used and developed for the treatment of melanoma. In recent years, immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of metastatic melanoma and other types of cancer. Discussing treatment options for melanoma and the success of immunotherapy along with the challenges of immunotherapy, this book covers epide…
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- 978-3-319-48065-7
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- XI, 434
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- 6169 ROT i
Apoptosis in Cancer Pathogenesis and Anti-cancer Therapy: New Perspectives an…
This book discusses properties of apoptosis and other cell death modalities in cancer pathogenesis and treatment. Its nine chapters discuss modulation of anti-tumor inflammatory and immune responses, effects on the tumor microenvironment, to strategies for improving pro-apoptotic therapies, mechanisms and implications for disease pathogenesis, axl and mer receptor tyrosine kinases, immunogenic …
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- 978-3-319-39406-0
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- XVII, 247
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- Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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- 616.994 APO a
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