Biotargets of cancer in current clinical practice [electronic resource] / Mauro Bologna, editor.

Biotargets of Cancer in Current Clinical Practice presents an updated and reasoned review of the current status of knowledge concerning the major cancer types with a special focus on the current biomarkers, genes involved and the potential future targets of innovative therapies. The volume includes...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Bologna, Mauro
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Humana Press, ©2012.
Series:Current clinical pathology.
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Table of Contents:
  • Central Nervous System Tumors / Paolo Aloisi, Francesco Martella, Davide Cerone and Giampiero Porzio
  • Head and Neck Tumours / Keith D. Hunter and Robert Bolt
  • Thyroid Cancer / Laura D. Locati, Angela Greco, Maria Grazia Borrello, Maria Luisa Carcangiu and Paolo Bossi, et al.
  • Targeted Therapies for Non-small-Cell Lung Cancer / Giulio Metro and Lucio Crinò
  • Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas / Roberta Zappasodi and Massimo Di Nicola
  • Leukemias / Lia Ginaldi and Massimo De Martinis
  • Breast Cancer / Nadia Rucci, Luca Ventura and Anna Teti
  • Oesophago-Gastric Cancer / Alex M. Reece-Smith, Simon L. Parsons and Sue A. Watson
  • Colorectal Cancer / David N. Church, Rachel Susannah Midgley and David J. Kerr
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Yasunori Minami and Masatoshi Kudo
  • Biomarkers for Prognosis and Molecularly Targeted Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma / Laura S. Schmidt
  • Bladder Cancer / Andrea Tubaro, Daniele Santini, Cosimo De Nunzio, Alice Zoccoli and Michele Iuliano
  • Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer / Mauro Bologna and Carlo Vicentini
  • Ovarian Cancer / Jessica Wangui Oribabor, Allison Ambrosio, Cesar M. Castro and Michael J. Birrer
  • Uterine Cancer: The Influence of Genetics and Environment on Cell Cycling Pathways in Cancer / Annekathryn Goodman, Leslie S. Bradford and Leslie A. Garrett
  • Biotargets in Sarcomas: The Past, Present, and a Look into the Future / Vivek Subbiah and Razelle Kurzrock
  • Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers / Kim H.T. Paraiso, Jobin K. John and Keiran S.M. Smalley
  • Molecular Pathology of Cancer Metastasis: Suggestions for Future Therapy / Adriano Angelucci and Edoardo Alesse
  • Current and Future Developments in Cancer Therapy Research: miRNAs as New Promising Targets or Tools / Marilena V. Iorio, Patrizia Casalini, Claudia Piovan, Luca Braccioli and Elda Tagliabue.