Holland-Frei cancer medicine 8 [electronic resource].

Rev. ed. of: Holland Frei cancer medicine 7 / editors, Donald W. Kufe ... [et al.]. 7th ed. 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cardinal manifestations of cancer -- Molecular biology, genomics, proteomics, and mouse models of human cancer -- Cell proliferation and differentiation -- Apoptosis and cancer -- Growth factors and signal transduction in cancer -- Oncogenes -- Tumor supressor genes -- Genomic alterations and chromosomal aberrations in human cancer -- Biochemistry of cancer -- Invasion and metastases -- Tumor angiogenesis -- Epigenetic contributions to human cancer -- Cancer immunotherapy -- Genetic predisposition to cancer -- Chemical carcinogenesis -- Hormones and the etiology of cancer -- Ionizing radiation -- Ultraviolet radiation carcinogenesis -- Inflammation and cancer -- RNA tumor viruses -- Herpesviruses -- Papillomaviruses and cervical neoplasia -- Hepatitis viruses -- Parasites -- Molecular imaging in clinical oncology -- Molecular diagnostics in cancer -- Personalized medicine in oncology drug development -- Cancer genome aberrations: measures, causes, and consequences -- Cancer nanotechnology -- Cancer epidemiology -- Tobacco-induced cancers and their prevention -- Nutrition in the etiology and prevention of cancer -- Chemoprevention of cancer -- Cancer screening and early detection -- Statistical innovations in cancer research -- Outcomes research in oncology -- Principles of cancer pathology -- Principles of imaging -- Interventional radiology for the cancer patient -- Principles of surgical oncology -- Principles of radiation oncology -- Hyperthermia -- Principles of medical oncology -- Cytokinetics -- Principles of dose, schedule, and combination chemotherapy -- Preclinical and early clinical development of new anticancer agents -- Pharmacology -- Drug resistance and its clinical circumvention --

Folate antagonists -- Pyrimidine and purine antimetabolites -- Alkylating agents and platinum antitumor compounds -- Drugs that target DNA topoisomerases -- Microtubule-targeting natural products -- Interferons -- Cytokines and hematopoietic growth factors -- Monoclonal serotherapy -- Vaccines and immunostimulants -- Antiestrogens, progentins, and aromatase inhibitors -- Androgen deprivation strategies in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer -- Cancer gene therapy -- Hematopoietic cell transplantation -- Principles of psycho-oncology -- Principles of cancer rehabilitation medicine -- Multidisciplinary management -- Cancer and pregnancy -- Cancer and aging -- The role of integrative oncology in cancer care -- Palliative care -- Management of cancer pain -- Primary neoplasms of the central nervous system in adults -- Brain metastases -- Neoplasms of the eye -- Neoplasms of the endocrine glands: pituitary neoplasms -- Neoplasms of the thyroid -- Neoplasms of the adrenal cortex -- Tumors of the diffuse neuroendocrine and gastroenteropancreatic endocrine system -- Neoplasms of the head and neck -- Cancer of the lung -- Malignant mesothelioma -- Thymomas and thymic tumors -- Tumors of the heart and great vessels -- Primary germ cell tumors of the thorax -- Neoplasms of the esophagus -- Carcinoma of the stomach -- Treatment of liver metastases -- Primary neoplasms of the liver --

Gallbladder and bile duct cancer -- Neoplasms of the exocrine pancreas -- Neoplasms of the small intestine, vermiform appendix, and peritoneum, and carcinoma of the colon and rectum -- Neoplasms of the anus -- Renal cell carcinoma -- Tumors of the renal pelvis and ureter -- Bladder cancer -- Neoplasms of the prostate -- Tumors of the penis and urethra -- Testis cancer -- Neoplasms of the vulva and vagina -- Neoplasms of the cervix -- Endometrial cancer -- Neoplasms of the fallapian tube -- Ovarian cancer -- Molar pregnancy and gestational trophoblastic neoplasia -- Gynecologic sarcomas -- Neoplasms of the breast -- Melanoma -- Other skin cancers -- Bone tumors -- Soft tissue sarcomas -- The myelodysplastic syndrome -- Acute myeloid leukemia in adults: mast cell leukemia and other mast cell neoplasms -- Chronic myeloid leukemia -- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia -- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia -- Hodgkin lymphoma -- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma -- Mycosis fungoides and S�ezary syndrome -- Plasma cell tumors -- Myeloproliferative neoplasms: essential thrombocythemia, primary myelofibrosis, and polycythemia vera -- Neoplasms in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome -- Neoplasms of unknown primary site -- Principles of pediatric oncology -- Anorexia and cachexia -- Antiemetic therapy -- Neurologic complications -- Dermatolgoic complications of cancer chemotherapy -- Skeletal complications -- Hematologic complications and blood bank support -- Coagulopathic complications of cancer patients -- Urologic complications -- Cardiac complications -- Respiratory complications -- Gastrointestinal and hepatic complications in cancer patients -- Oral complications of cancer and their treatment -- Gonadal complications -- Endocrine complications and paraneoplastic syndromes -- Treatment-related secondary cancers -- Infections in patients with cancer -- Oncologic emergencies -- Oncology informatics.

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