Sexual Health, Fertility, and Relationships in Cancer Care (PSYCHO ONCOLOGY CARE)
Sexual Health, Fertility, and Relationships in Cancer Care provides clinical management guidelines for the impact of cancer and oncology treatments on sexual health, fertility and relationships. Employing a practical toolkit format, this volume addresses a spectrum of key topics including: provision of onco-fertility and sexual health support, LGBTQ+ issues, support for adolescents and young people, effective psycho-educational/psycho-sexual interventions, and managing relationships for individ...
Clinical PET/CT atlas (IAEA human health, #32)
Integrated positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has evolved since its introduction into the commercial market more than a decade ago. It is now a key procedure, particularly in oncological imaging. Over the last years in routine clinical service, PET/CT has had a significant impact on diagnosis, treatment planning, staging, therapy, and monitoring of treatment response and has therefore played an important role in the care of cancer patients. The high sensitivity from the PE...
Antioxidants Against Cancer (Ralph Moss on Cancer)
by Ralph W. Moss
Cutaneous Reactions to Anti-Cancer Therapies
by Dr. Allireza Alloo and Dr. NIcole LeBeouf
Many oncologic therapies used to treat cancer have significant implications for the skin. These dermatologic reactions follow recognizable patterns and are closely related to the type of treatment given. Cutaneous Toxicities from Anti-Cancer Therapies, by Drs. Allireza Alloo and Nicole LeBoeuf, provides comprehensive coverage of cutaneous toxicities caused by the full spectrum of oncologic modes of treatment—specifically cytotoxic chemotherapy, targeted chemotherapy, and immunotherapy. This port...
Nutrition plays a crucial role in supporting patients receiving treatment for cancer. Carefully considered nutritional options can help to manage patients with weight loss and cachexia, support the patient's ability to recover from surgery and cope with treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Patients living with and beyond cancer can also benefit from advice on optimal nutrition and lifestyle changes. Edited by Dr Clare Shaw, Consultant Dietitian at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Tr...
The 2007 Report on Switchgear and Switchboard Apparatus
by Philip M. Parker
Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Breast Cancer (Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide)
by Lillie D Shockney
This volume contains the presentations of all the invited speakers at the meeting entitled 'The Genetic Manipulation of Plants and its Application to Agriculture' held at Birbeck and University Colleges, London in December 1983. This meeting was the first on the subject to be held in Europe, and was designed to draw together the leading workers in the field of plant molecular biology. Emphasis has been placed on results that should ultimately lead to the production of agriculturally important pl...
Handbook of Targeted Cancer Therapy and Immunotherapy: Breast Cancer
by Senthil Damodaran
Designed for quick, everyday reference, Handbook of Targeted Cancer Therapy and Immunotherapy: Breast Cancer provides a practical overview of this rapidly advancing field. Comprehensive yet concise, this easy-access resource by Drs. Senthil Damodaran and Debu Tripathy of MD Anderson Cancer Center helps you filter and apply the most recent discoveries as they pertain to specific tumor types, actionable molecular targets, and clinical performance of approved or investigational targeted agents and...
Die Angst vor Brustkrebs ist berechtigt, da es sich um die haufigste Krebserkrankung der Frau handelt. Manchmal wird diese Angst gezielt geschurt, das Risiko bewusst ubertrieben. Wer aber sollte Interesse haben, diese Furcht auszunutzen? Welche Folgen hat das fur Frau und Gesellschaft? Dieses Buch beschreibt nicht nur einen Koerperteil, der als Krankheitsort fur Betroffene, Angehoerige, AErzte und Pharmaindustrie unterschiedliche Bedeutung gewinnen kann. Es skizziert die Brust auch als Symbol, d...
The Cancer Recovery Eating Plan
by Daniel W Nixon and Jane A Zanca
Dr. Nixon, editor-in-chief of the journal Cancer Prevention, cuts through the hype to explain the latest scientific findings on food and cancer. He presents individualized eating plans according to the type of cancer and offers a three-month plan to benefit the person with cancer. Over 100 recipes help put the plan into action.
The Cytokine Factsbook and Webfacts (Factsbook)
by Katherine A Fitzgerald
Cytokines are chemical messengers produced by virtually all the cells in our bodies, and effect changes in cellular behavior that are important in a number of physiological processes, including reproduction, growth and development, and injury repair. While many different cytokines have been identified, their individual functions are only partly known. In some cases, one cytokine can interact with a variety of different cell types and elicit different responses from each cell. In other cases, dif...
Clinical Oncology and Error Reduction
by Professor Antonella Surbone and Professor Michael Rowe
Pathologie, Klinische Zytologie, Histochemie, Onkologie, Hamatologie, Medizinische Informatik Das Buch beschreibt die Grundlagen und wichtige Anwendungen stereologisch-morphometrischer Methoden sowie der rechnergestutzten Bildverarbeitung auf dem Gebiet der klinischen Zytologie und Histopathologie. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf dem Gebiet der Histometrie, einer sehr jungen Disziplin, in der bisher eher stereologische interaktive Methoden Anwendung fanden. Nicht nur die verschiedenen Messverfa...
100 Questions and Answers About Liver Cancer
by Ghassan K Abou-Alfa and Ronald DeMatteo
EMPOWER YOURSELF! Whether you're a newly diagnosed liver cancer patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. The only text to provide the doctor's and patient's views, 100 Questions & Answers About Liver Cancer, Second Edition gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, sources of support, and much more. Written by a medical oncologist and a gastrointestinal surgeon, with actual patient co...