Overview
- Summarizes the findings of the Second International Symposium on Cancer Metastasis: Basis for Rational Therapy
- Provides and exhaustive review of major developments in the biologic and clinical understanding of cancer metastasis.
- Discusses and summarizes the therapeutic results of the latest new approaches in cancer treatment
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Current Clinical Oncology (CCO)
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Table of contents (52 chapters)
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Diagnostic Imaging of Cancer
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Therapeutic Targeting of the Lymphovascular System
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Front Matter
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Molecular Mechanisms of Metastasis
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Molecular Targeted Therapy Against Growth Factor Receptors, Signaling Pathways and Angiogenesis as Therapeutic Targets
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Impact of Nodal Status and Tumor Burden in Sentinel Nodes on the Clinical Outcome
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About this book
In human solid tumors, nodal status is the most important prognostic indicator for patient outcome. Recent developments in the sentinel lymph node concept have resulted in new procedures to define the first draining node as the primary gateway through which the cancer will spread. In From Local Invasion to Metastatic Cancer: Involvement of Distant Sites Through the Lymphovascular System, a panel of international authorities takes an in-depth look at the role of the lymphovascular system in the spread of cancer. The authors summarize the findings of the Second International Symposium on Cancer Metastasis: Basis for Rational Therapy summit. Specifically, the book presents important developments in the biology and clinical understanding of cancer metastasis, describes the relationship between tumor microenvironment and proliferation, and defines the process of lymphangiogenesis and angiogenesis with special reference to cancer metastasis. From Local Invasion to Metastatic Cancer: Involvement of Distant Sites Through the Lymphovascular System provides oncologists, radiologists, and cancer researchers the necessary information to study and develop new strategies to curb the process of metastasis.
Reviews
From the reviews:
4 Stars
"Provides highlights from a state-of-the art symposium on mechanisms of metastases, thus bringing together the best thinking in the field… The book is written for specialists -- medical, surgical, or radiation oncologists -- or basic scientists working in the field. For others, it will be a useful reference… It is well illustrated and includes color illustrations… This is an excellent contribution to the field. It occupies a unique niche and will fill a gap in the literature. It should find a place in libraries and on the shelves of specialists." (Carol Scott-Conner, MD, PhD, Doody’s Review Service, September 2009)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Local Invasion to Metastatic Cancer
Book Subtitle: Involvement of Distant Sites Through the Lymphovascular System
Editors: Stanley P. L. Leong
Series Title: Current Clinical Oncology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-087-8
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60327-086-1Published: 20 May 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-62703-943-7Published: 27 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-60327-087-8Published: 09 October 2009
Series ISSN: 2364-1134
Series E-ISSN: 2364-1142
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 666
Topics: Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Radiotherapy, Pathology
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Health & Hospitals, Pharma