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Cancer sourcebook

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog120545
Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics , 2015. 7th ed.
Audience
Patient or Public
Cancer sourcebook : basic consumer health information about major forms and stages of cancer, featuring facts about head and neck cancers, lung cancers, gastrointestinal cancers, genitourinary cancers, lymphomas, blood cell cancers, endocrine cancers, skin cancers, bone cancers, metastatic cancers,…
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Alternate Title
Cancer sourcebook
Editor
Jones, Keith
Edition
7th ed.
Place of Publication
Detroit, MI
Publisher
Omnigraphics
Publication Date
2015
Series
Health reference series
EBSCOhost eBook
Subjects
Neoplasms
Risk Factors
Neoplasm Metastasis
Popular Work
Abstract
Cancer sourcebook : basic consumer health information about major forms and stages of cancer, featuring facts about head and neck cancers, lung cancers, gastrointestinal cancers, genitourinary cancers, lymphomas, blood cell cancers, endocrine cancers, skin cancers, bone cancers, metastatic cancers, and more ; along with facts about cancer treatments, cancer risks and prevention, a glossary of related terms, statistical data, and a directory of resources for additional information
Table of contents:
Part I Cancer Overview -- Part II Risk Factors and Cancer Prevention -- Part III Cancer Types -- Part IV Cancer Detection and Diagnosis -- Part V Cancer Treatment -- Part VI Coping With Cancer -- Part VII Research and Clinical Trials -- Part VIII Trends and Statistics -- Part IX Additional Help and Information
ISBN
9780780813557
9780780813960
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Patient or Public
Location
Internet
Website Notes
Patients and the public of BC and the Yukon can access this title by emailing library@bccancer.bc.ca to obtain a username and password from the Library.
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Bone metastases : a translational and clinical approach

https://bccalibrary.andornot.com/en/permalink/catalog18464
Dordrecht: Springer , 2009.
Audience
Professional
Part I: Fundamental concepts of bone metastases; Bone anatomy, physiology and function; Pathophysiology of bone metastases; Angiogenesis and bone metastasis : implications for diagnosis, prevention and treatment; Natural history, prognosis, clinical features and complications of metastatic bone dis…
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Editor
Kardamakis, Dimitrios
Vassiliou, Vassilios
Chow, Edward
Place of Publication
Dordrecht
Publisher
Springer
Publication Date
2009
Series
Proquest Ebook Central
Cancer metastasis : biology and treatment 12
Subjects
Bone Neoplasms - secondary
Bone Neoplasms - therapy
Neoplasm Metastasis
Abstract
Part I: Fundamental concepts of bone metastases
Bone anatomy, physiology and function
Pathophysiology of bone metastases
Angiogenesis and bone metastasis : implications for diagnosis, prevention and treatment
Natural history, prognosis, clinical features and complications of metastatic bone disease
Bone biomarkers in research and clinical practice
Part II: Imaging Modalities
Radiologic evaluation of skeletal metastases : role of plain radiographs and computed tomography
The contribution of nuclear medicine in the diagnosis of bone metastases
Magnetic resonance imaging of metastatic bone disease
Part III: Therapeutic strategies
Radiotherapy and bone metastases
Biphosphonates in the management of metastatic bone disease
Combined radiotherapy and bisphosphonates state of art
Biphosphonates in the treatment of bone metastases - osteonecrosis of the jaw
Surgical management of bone metastases
The role of chemotherapy in the treatment of bone metastases
Hormonotherapy of bone metastases
Radionuclide therapy
Part IV: Assessment of therapeutic response
Assessment of therapeutic response
Outcome measures in bone metastases clinical trials.
ISBN
9781402098185 (alk. paper)
1402098189 (alk. paper)
9781402098192 (e-ISBN)
1402098197 (e-ISBN)
Language
English
Material Type
Ebook
Audience
Professional
Location
Internet
Website Notes
This Proquest title is licensed for ONE BC Cancer staff user at a time. If you are denied access while on a network computer, please try again later.
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