Published April, 2014
By Toshifusa Nakajima, Eiichi Tahara, Mitsumasa Nishi, Heizaburo Ichikawa and Keiichi Maruyama
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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Gastric cancer is still the most common cause of cancer death in the world, although in most countries, with the notable exception of the United States, its incidence is slowly declining.

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Published April, 2014
By Kunio Okuda and Kamal G. Ishak
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Primary liver cancer is a rather unusual malignancy in that the incidence varies tremendously from one geographical area to another. In China alone, approximately 100 000 people die every year from primary liver cancer, mostly hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Published April, 2014
By Keiro Ono and Atsumasa Uchida
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Recent advances in diagnostic technology, including imaging, gene analysis and histopathology, form one cornerstone of this update for health care specialists treating patients with musculoskeletal cancer.

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Published April, 2014
By Shaw Watanabe, Hajime Ohigashi, Toshihiko Osawa, Junji Terao and Toshikazu Yoshikawa
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Chemoprevention is currently regarded as one of the most promising avenues for the control of cancer, with human epidemiological and animal studies indicating that the risk of cancer may be modified by changes in diet.

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Published April, 2014
By K.L. Schmidt, Klaus L. Schmidt, M. Kosaka, T. Sugahara and E. Simon
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag, Japan)
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the multitude of different forms of thermotherapy in connection with aspects of thermal physiology and cell biology. However, in the former field empirical aspects of therapeutic usefulness prevail, while in the latter, aspects of basic science are in the foreground.

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Published April, 2014
By Marcio Malogolowkin, Dietrich Von Schweinitz, Arthur Zimmermann, Giorgio Perilongo and Dietrich Schweinitz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Pediatric Oncology
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The field of liver tumors in children has seen tremendous therapeutic advances over recent years.

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Published April, 2014
By M. Hagedorn, G.F. Hauf, C. Thomas and G F Hauf
Publisher: Springer (Springer Verlag GmbH)
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Published April, 2014
By H.-P. Heilmann, J.W. Hand, Z. Fuks, T.E. Schultheiss, S.A. Leibel, W.L. Brady, M.D. Altschuler, Alfred R. Smith, P. Bloch, F.J. Bova, A. Brahme, D.J. Buchsbaum, G.T.Y. Chen, P. Fessenden, B.A. Fraass, J.M. Galvin, M.S. Huq, D. Jette, G.J. Kutcher, D.D. Leavitt, C.C. Ling, D.L. McShan, R. Mohan, R. Nath, C.A. Pelizzari, I.I. Rosen, M.C. Schell, S. Shalev, K.A. Weaver, B.W. Wessels, J.F. Williamson and A. Wu
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Medical Radiology
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The aim of this book is to provide a uniquely comprehensive source of information on the entire field of radiation therapy physics. The scope of the book and the expertise of the authors make it essential reading for interested physicians and physicists and for radiation dosimetrists.

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Published April, 2014
By Jack A. Roth, Tapas Mukhopadhyay and Steven A. Maxwell
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit
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This book is about the p53 gene, one of the most frequently mutated or deleted genes in human cancers. The p53 protein is a transcription factor that can repress or activate promoters containing one of three p53 DNA-binding motifs. Replacement of the p53 function or restoration of the p53 biochemical pathway is a focus of gene therapy.

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Published April, 2014
By H. Graf, H. Wekerle and J.D. Turner
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Ernst Schering Foundation Symposium Proceedings
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Important findings in cell and molecular biol ogy, the identification of hematopoietic, mesenchymal and neuronal stern cells, together with breakthroughs in the methodology for isolat ing, purifying, expanding, and storing human cells could make cellular therapy an alternative to organ transplantation in certain diseases within the next decade.

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