Bone and Cancer

Buch | Hardcover
246 Seiten
2009
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84882-018-0 (ISBN)

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Covering current knowledge on topics including metastasis mechanism and the role of the bone microenvironment in cancer progression, this text offers cellular and molecular findings that affect the search for drugs and should lead to translational studies.
The fifth in a series of reviews, centered on a single major topic (vol. 1 Bone Formation, vol. 2 Bone Resorption, vol. 3 Engineering of Functional Skeletal Tissues, vol. 4 Osteoarthritis) written by acknowledged authorities in the field, and aimed at researchers, clinicians and others involved in the bone field.

Series Editors of Topics in Bone Biology are: Professors Felix Bronner, PhD - University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA, and Dr Mary C. Farach-Carson, PhD - the Department of Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

Blood–Bone Axis and Bone Marrow Microenvironment.- Genetics of Osteosarcoma.- Multiple Myeloma and Other Hematological Malignancies of Bone.- Mechanism of Metastasis to Bone: The Role of Bone Marrow Endothelium.- Lysophosphatidic Acid: Role in Bone and Bone Cancer.- Role of Bone Microenvironment/Metastatic Niche in Cancer Progression.- Detection and Characterization of Disseminated Tumor Cells present in Bone Marrow of Cancer Patients.- Molecular Imaging of Cancer Cells Growing in Bone.- Inflammatory Cytokines and Their Role in Bone Metastasis and Osteolysis.- Prostate Cancer Bone Colonization: Osteomimicry in the Bone Niche.- Bone Pain Associated with Cancer Metastasis.- Small Animal Models for the Study of Cancer in Bone.- Hormonal therapies in Breast and Prostate Cancer: Effects on Bone and the Role of Bisphosphonates.- Therapeutic Approaches to Metastatic Bone Cancer II: Targeted and Non-targeted Systemic Agents.- The Role of Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant in Cancer Treatment.- The Role of Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Bone Localized Cancers.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 18.6.2009
Reihe/Serie Topics in Bone Biology ; 5
Zusatzinfo 35 Illustrations, color; 28 Illustrations, black and white; X, 246 p. 63 illus., 35 illus. in color.
Verlagsort England
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt Medizinische Fachgebiete Chirurgie Unfallchirurgie / Orthopädie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Onkologie
Schlagworte Knochentumor
ISBN-10 1-84882-018-6 / 1848820186
ISBN-13 978-1-84882-018-0 / 9781848820180
Zustand Neuware
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