Kidney Cancer
Principles and Practice
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2012
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2012
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-21857-6 (ISBN)
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-21857-6 (ISBN)
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This textbook encompasses all clinically relevant aspects of kidney cancer and is designed to be user-friendly to meet the needs of the busy practitioner. Practice oriented, with brief summary points, patient case studies, high quality images and more.
This interdisciplinary textbook encompasses all clinically relevant aspects of the disease and is designed to be as user-friendly as possible in order to meet the needs of the busy practitioner. To this end, the informative text is complemented by helpful boxed sections that present essential ‘take home’ points and illustrative patient-oriented cases. Original high-quality images, some in color, are included whenever necessary to simplify particularly complex material. The authors are an international group of acknowledged experts in kidney cancer epidemiology, molecular biology, pathology, diagnosis, clinical features, staging, prognostic and predictive factors, surgery, systemic therapy, and emerging investigational approaches, among others. This clinically oriented volume will be of great interest to clinicians, researchers, residents, and fellows, as well as to students and knowledgeable lay people.
This interdisciplinary textbook encompasses all clinically relevant aspects of the disease and is designed to be as user-friendly as possible in order to meet the needs of the busy practitioner. To this end, the informative text is complemented by helpful boxed sections that present essential ‘take home’ points and illustrative patient-oriented cases. Original high-quality images, some in color, are included whenever necessary to simplify particularly complex material. The authors are an international group of acknowledged experts in kidney cancer epidemiology, molecular biology, pathology, diagnosis, clinical features, staging, prognostic and predictive factors, surgery, systemic therapy, and emerging investigational approaches, among others. This clinically oriented volume will be of great interest to clinicians, researchers, residents, and fellows, as well as to students and knowledgeable lay people.
Epidemiology and biology: Rencal cell cancer (RCC) epidemiology. Pathology of RCC. Molecular biology of RCC. Prognostic and predictive biomarkers.- Clinical considerations: Clinical presentation and staging.- Surgical and local control modalities: Surgical approaches to early stage RCC. Palliative debulking nephrectomy in advanced stage RCC. Metastasectomy. Energy ablative techniques in RCC. Radiation therapy in RCC.- Systemic therapy considerations: Cytokines and other immune therapies in RCC. Anti-VEGF therapy in RCC. The role of mTOR inhibitors and PI3K pathway blockade in RCC. Sequential versus combination strategies. Presurgical therapy. Toxicity management for patients on targeted therapy. Emerging agents in RCC.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.1.2012 |
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| Zusatzinfo | VIII, 301 p. 49 illus., 36 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 932 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie |
| Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pathologie | |
| Schlagworte | kidney cancer • Nierenkrebs • Oncology • renal cell cancer |
| ISBN-10 | 3-642-21857-1 / 3642218571 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-642-21857-6 / 9783642218576 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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