Renal Cancer
Demos Medical Publishing
Published on 12. April 2011
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-1-936287-20-8 (ISBN)
Description
This issue of the Emerging Cancer Therapeutics series provides a comprehensive review for Practitioners on the current status of Renal Cancer treatment. Renal Cancer treatment has undergone major changes over the course of the past few years and Renal Cancer addresses current best practises in the light of the most recent evidence. All of the chapters are written by international experts in the field, address the common clinical scenarios in Renal Cancer and are multidisciplinary in scope covering surgical, medical and radiation therapy. Chapters examining emerging and novel therapeutic targets, the management of both CNS and skeletal metastases in Renal Cancer round out the coverage.
Emerging Cancer Therapeutics features: - Editorial board of nationally recognised experts across the spectrum of Cancer therapeutics
- In-depth, up-to-date expert reviews and analysis of major new developments in all areas of Cancer therapeutics
- Issues edited by an authority in specific subject area
- Focuses on major topics in Cancer therapeutics with in-depth articles covering advances in clinical and translational research developments, as well as clinical applications and experience
- Emphasises multidisciplinary approaches to research and practice
Emerging Cancer Therapeutics features: - Editorial board of nationally recognised experts across the spectrum of Cancer therapeutics
- In-depth, up-to-date expert reviews and analysis of major new developments in all areas of Cancer therapeutics
- Issues edited by an authority in specific subject area
- Focuses on major topics in Cancer therapeutics with in-depth articles covering advances in clinical and translational research developments, as well as clinical applications and experience
- Emphasises multidisciplinary approaches to research and practice
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-936287-20-8 (9781936287208)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Fred C. Buffet Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Director, Genitourinary Program, The University of Chicago Medical Center
Jame Abraham is Editor-in-Chief of the <i>Emerging Cancer Therapeutics</i> series and Bonnie Wells Wilson Distinguised Professor and Eminent Scholar, Chief Section of Hematology - Oncology, and Medical Director, Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia</p
Content
1. The Biology of Renal Cancer, 2. Renal Cell Carcinoma: Current Concepts of Morphologic Subclassification and Clinical Relevance, 3. Imaging Renal Carcinoma, 4. Management of Small Renal Masses 5. Surgical Management of Renal Cancer, 6. Nonsystemic Approaches to the Management of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma, 7. IL-2 and Other Immunotherapy in Renal Cancer, 8. VEGF Pathway-Directed Therapies in Renal Carcinoma, 9. mTOR Pathway-Directed Agents in Renal Cell Carcinoma, 10. Emerging and Novel Therapeutic Targets in Renal Cancer, 11. Management of Central Nervous System Metastases from Renal Cancer, 12. Evaluation and Management of Skeletal Metastases