Published March, 2013
By Thomas Dittmar and Kurt S. Zanker
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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This book summarizes the latest findings about the role of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in cancer biology and how this knowledge could be used for novel anticancer therapies.

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Published February, 2013
By Boris Minev
Publisher: Springer
Series: Cancer Growth and Progression
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This book represents a comprehensive description and evaluation of the most up-to-date approaches to cancer management. Current advances in hyperthermia in cancer treatment, hematologic and nutritional support, bone marrow transplantation, pain management and care of the terminally ill patients with cancer are also presented.

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Published February, 2013
By Anatoliy Granov, Leonid Tiutin and Thomas Schwarz
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This handbook, written in a clear and precise style, describes the principles of positron emission tomography (PET) and provides detailed information on its application in clinical practice.

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Published February, 2013
By Gary J. Schiller
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Current Clinical Oncology
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Published February, 2013
By E. Edmund Kim, T.P. Haynie and David J. Yang
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This volume is unique in reporting on strategies for the application of molecular targeted imaging agents such as antibodies, peptides, receptors and contrast agents in the biologic grading of tumors, differential diagnosis of tumors, prediction of therapeutic response and monitoring tumor response to treatment.

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Published February, 2013
By Calixto Machado and D. Alan Shewmon
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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Although some decades have passed, there are still worldwide controversies about a concept of human death on neurological grounds. The main goal of Brain Death and Disorders of Consciousness is to provide a suitable scientific platform to discuss all topics related to human death and coma.

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Published February, 2013
By Christoph C. Zielinski, Maria Sibilia, Rupert Bartsch, Thomas W. Grunt and Christoph Zielinski
Publisher: Springer (Springer Basel)
Series: Milestones in Drug Therapy
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Growth factor receptors have long been known to drive malignant transformation and cancer progression. The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR, ErbB, HER) system is likely the best described membrane receptor tyrosine kinase family in malignant tumors.

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Published February, 2013
By Cesar Lopez-Camarillo and Laurence A. Marchat
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
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This is a specialized book focusing on the current understanding of the role of miRNAs in the development, progression, invasion, and metastasis of diverse types of cancer.

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Published February, 2013
By Maria Teresa Cabrera Castillo, Natalia Aptsiauri, Angel Miguel Garcia-Lora and Teresa Cabrera
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Cancer Research
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Abnormal expression of MHC class I molecules in malignant cells is a frequent occurrence that ranges from total loss of all class I antigens to partial loss of MHC specific haplotypes or alleles.

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Published February, 2013
By Peter N. Schlegel, John P. Mulhall, Linda D. Applegarth and Robert D. Oates
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Written by international authorities, this book is aimed at clinicians dealing with male patients rendered infertile by cancer therapy.

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