Cancer Treatment: Conventional And Innovative Approaches Ed. By Letícia Rangel
by Letícia Rangel /
2015 / English / PDF
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This book can enlighten important issues involved in the management of cancer, summarizing the state-of-the-art knowledge regarding the disease control and treatment; thus, providing means to improve the overall care of patients that daily battle against this potentially lethal condition. This issue is an attempt to integrate into a book volume the various aspects of cancer treatment, compiling comprehensive reviews written by an international team of experts in the field. Section 1 Cancer Treatment: Conventional and Innovative Pharmacological Approaches 1 Conventional Cancer Treatment 2 Target Cancer Therapy 3 Anticancer Properties of Cardiac Glycosides 4 Liposomes as Carriers of Anticancer Drugs Section 2 Combinatorial Strategies to Fight Cancer: Surgery, Radiotherpay, Backytherapy, Chemotherapy, and Hyperthermia 5 The Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma 6 Laparoscopic Surgery in Genitourinary Cancer Treatment 7 Current Strategies in the Management of Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum 8 Mesothelioma: An Evidence-Based Review 9 Definitive Chemo-Radiotherapy for Resectable Esophageal Cancer — Unresolved Problems Remain 10 A Review of Radiation Therapy's Role in Early-Stage Breast Cancer and an Introduction to Electronic Brachytherapy 11 Radiosurgery and Hypofractionated Stereotactic Irradiation with Photons or Protons for Tumours of the Skull Base 12 Hyperthermia: Cancer Treatment and Beyond 13 Glioblastomas, Astrocytomas: Survival Amelioration Adding Hyperthermia to Conformal Radiotherapy and Temozolomide — Use of Pegylated Doxorubicin and Hyperthermia in the Treatment of a Recurrent Case Section 3 The Immunotherapy of Cancer 14 Targeted Cancer Therapy bv Dendritic Cell Vaccine 15 Immunotherapy of Urinary Bladder Carcinoma: BCG and Beyond 16 Anti-Angiogenic Active Immunotherapy for Cancers: Dawn of a New Era? Section 4 Multidisciplinarity in Cancer Therapy: Nutrition and Beyond 17 Nutrigenomics and Cancer Prevention 18 The Impact of Vitamin D in Cancer 19 The Treatment of Cancer: A Comprehensive Therapeutic Model Entailing a Complex of Interaction Modalities Section 5 Supportive Care for Cancer Patients 20 Supportive and Palliative Care in Solid Cancer Patients 21 Impact of Cancer Treatment on Reproductive Health and Options for Fertility Preservation Section 6 Perspectives in Cancer Biology and Modeling 22 Sialyl Salivary-Type Amylase Associated with Ovarian Cancer 23 Role of CREB Protein Family Members in Human Haematological Malignancies 24 Life-Cycling of Cancer: New Concept
