Bone cancer : progression and therapeutic approaches /: progression and therapeutic approaches. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Dominique Heymann.
• Other Names: Heymann, Dominique
• Contents: Section 1: Introduction; ; Genetic control, frequencies and epidemiology of bone cancers; ; The incidence and progression of metastatic bone lesions; ; Section 2: Bone microenvironment and bone cancer; ; Bone microenvironment and tumor growth; ; Osteoblast Differentiation and Cell Signalling; ; Osteoclast Differentiation and Function; ; Cytokines in bone remodeling and bone tumors; ; Proteases and bone tumors - therapeutic approaches; ; ; Section 3: Bone markers; ; Early bone metastasis; ; Bone remodeling markers and bone cancer; ; Proteomic of bone cancers; ; Genomic Alterations in Bone Tumors; ; Biology of bone tumors and new diagnostic tools; ; Gene profiling of osteosarcoma; ; Molecular pathology of osteosarcoma; ; Histopathology of prostate and breast metastases; ; Technical aspects: how do we best prepare bone samples for proper histological analysis?; ; ; Section 4: Myeloma, odontogenic tumors and bone metastases; ; Multiple myeloma bone diseases; ; Osteolytic lesions; ; Bone metastases of prostatic cancer; ; Bone metastases of breast cancer; ; Section 5: Primary bone tumors; ; Osteosarcoma and osteoblasts: diagnosis and therapy; ; Ewing sarcoma family of tumors: diagnosis and therapy; ; Non-surgical treatment of chondrosarcoma: diagnosis and therapy; ; Chondrosarcoma of bone: diagnosis and therapy; ; Osteoclast-rich lesions of bone: diagnosis and therapy; ; Section 6: Imaging of bone cancers; ; Interventional Radiologic Techniques; ; Imaging of bone metastases; ; Diagnosis of bone metastases; ; Section 7: Pain control in bone cancers; ; Pain control with radiotherapy; ; Mechanisms and management of bone cancer pain; ; Malignant skeletal pain; ; Section 8: New therapeutic advances of bone cancers; ; Primary bone tumors and novel therapeutic approaches ; ; Cytokine gene therapy in bone remodeling; ; Bisphosphonates; ; Multi-targeted approach; ; RANKL and targeted therapy; ; Apoptosis and drug resistance
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 472 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.99/471; Bones -- Cancer; Bones -- Cancer -- Treatment; Bone Neoplasms; MEDICAL -- Oncology; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer; Bones -- Cancer; Bones -- Cancer -- Treatment; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080953885; 0080953883
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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