Published May, 2015
By Elizabeth A Eisenhauer, Christopher Twelves and Marc Buyse
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Phase I trials are a critical first step in the study of novel cancer therapeutic approaches. As this title is the only comprehensive book on this topic, it is a useful resource for oncology trainees or specialists interested in understanding cancer drug development.

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Published May, 2015
By Wei Wu and Hani Choudhry
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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Latest generation sequencing revolutionizes the fields of cancer research and oncology. This follow-up volume focuses more extensively on single cell sequencing of cancer and trials in drug resistance. A reasonable cancer treatment plan and potential cure is more optimistic now with the unfolding of the cancer genome.

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Published May, 2015
By Alexey Larionov
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
Series: Resistance to Targeted Anti-Cancer Therapeutics
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Aromatase Inhibitors (AIs) treat postmenopausal estrogen receptor positive tumours, which constitute the majority of breast cancer patients. The second section provides the detailed mechanisms of resistance to AIs, while the third section explores prediction of resistance and potential strategies to overcome resistance.

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Published May, 2015
By Hong-Yang Chuang
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Springer Theses
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This thesis focuses on the synthesis and vaccine evaluation of the prostate tumor- associated carbohydrate antigen RM2.

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Published May, 2015
By Chad A. Mirkin, Chad Mirkin, Thomas J. Meade, Sarah Hurst Petrosko and Alexander H. Stegh
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
Series: Cancer Treatment and Research
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This book discusses emerging nanotechnology-based tools that have the potential to dramatically impact cancer research, diagnostics, and treatment. This book explains how nanotechnology can exploit the size-, shape-, and composition-dependent properties of nanomaterials to provide novel tools for precision cancer medicine.

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Published May, 2015
By Moneeb Ehtesham
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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This volume presents the most current reviews on how cancer stem cells (CSCs) hypothesis dictates that the continued proliferation of a tumor is dependent on a sub-population of self-renewing and asymmetrically dividing neoplastic stem cells that supply a largely differentiated tumor.

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Published May, 2015
By Robert Rees, Tarik Regad, Thomas Sayers and T Regad
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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The field of cancer stem cells is expanding rapidly, with many groups focusing on isolating and identifying cancer stem cell populations. Although some progress has been made developing efficient cancer therapies, targeting cancer stem cells remains one of the important challenges facing the growing stem cell research community.

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Published April, 2015
By Ritsuko Komaki and Yasumasa Nishimura
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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Successful clinical use of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) represents a significant advance in radiation oncology.

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Published April, 2015
By Alfonso Pluchinotta and Alfonso M. Pluchinotta
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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This full-colour, richly-illustrated book is an excellent source of rapidly retrievable information on aspects of relevance in daily clinical practice in the outpatient breast clinic.

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Published April, 2015
By Urs E. Studer
Publisher: Springer (Springer International Publishing AG)
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This book provides clear guidance on how to achieve excellent functional results and avoid failures when performing cystectomy and orthotopic bladder substitution.

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