DESCRIPTION:
This book offers an overview of the biological basis of 26 different solid cancers for scientists and oncologists to understand the clinical challenges. The book provides a quick, simplified, and updated review of the present genetic or genomic medicine era. With genetic and molecular details to enhance understanding of biological mechanisms underlying disease pathogenesis and treatment response, each chapter covers epidemiology, risk factors, classification, pathophysiology, genetics, and treatment of solid cancers.
This book is a beginner""s guide for life sciences and medicine graduate students, fellows in training, biomedical sciences researchers, principal investigators, clinician-researchers and oncologists.
CONTENTS:
Lung Cancer
Breast Cancer
Esophageal Cancer
Stomach Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Liver Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Biliary Tract Cancers
Kidney Cancer
Bladder Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Endometrial Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Testicular Cancer
Brain Cancer
Head and Neck Cancer
Eye Cancer
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Thyroid Cancer
Skin Cancer
Bone Cancer
Thymic Cancer
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Malignant Mesothelioma
Neuroblastoma
