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This book describes the changing role of pathology in aiding reproducible and accurate patient selection for predictive cancer therapy. Particular attention is given to the clinical application of cutting-edge cancer biomarkers to accurately select patients for targeted cancer therapy and how artif…
Table of Contents:; The Human Genome: Foundation for Genomic and Precision Medicine -- The Functional Genome: Epigenetics and Epigenomics -- The State of Whole-Genome Sequencing -- The Human Microbiome -- Quantitative Proteomics for Clinical Translation -- From Data to Knowledge: An Introduction to…
Content:; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Application of AI in Precision Oncology: Tailoring Diagnosis, Treatment, and the Monitoring of Disease Progression to the Patient -- Part I. Artificial Intelligence for Screening, Diagnosis, Monitoring in Precision Oncology -- Chapter 2. Application of AI in N…
The combined effects of population growth and aging have led to an increase in the number of cancers. Preventing, diagnosing, treating and curing cancer are therefore, more than ever, imperatives facing medicine ? especially to continue the decrease in cancers' mortality rates and to improve the qu…
Contents:; 1.The King of Diseases?: An Essay on the Special Attention Paid to Cancer Patients and How It Came About; 2 One in Four Dies of Cancer. Questions About the Epidemiology of Malignant Tumours; 3 HPV Vaccination in Bangladesh: Ethical Views; 4 Using Human Tumor Cell Lines in Cancer Research…
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This book reviews the latest techniques for diagnostics and treatments specific to bone and soft tissue tumors. It focuses on imaging and classification of the bone and soft tissue tumors and how histology and cytogenetic aspects can be used to identify tumors. Each chapter focuses on a specific ty…
Content:; Basics of Radiation Physics -- Radiation Quantities and Units -- Interaction of Ionizing Radiation with Matter -- Radiation Protection Standards in Relation to ICRP Recommendations -- Radiation Hazard Evaluation and Control in Nuclear Medicine -- Occupational and Public Exposure to Nuclea…