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"This comprehensive book provides an overview of cancer therapeutics and covers different innovative treatment approaches for cancer. The initial chapter gives a detailed overview on cancer progression and disease diagnostics. The following chapters focus on different cancer treatment approaches, s…
Overview; Diagnostic studies; Neurologic symptoms; Direct complications of cancer; Indirect complications of cancer; Complications of cancer therapy; Neurologic complications of specific malignancies
Management of dyspnea; Skeletal metastases : optimal management today; Cancer pain; Anorexia and cachexia; Fatigue; Pathogenesis and management of venous; Thromboembolism in cancer patients; Depression in cancer patients; Anemia; Neutropenia; Nausea and nomiting; Oral mucositis; Diarrhea and consti…
Content:; Front Matter -- An Overview of Cancer -- Cancer Risk Factors and Prevention -- Bladder Cancer -- Cancers of the Blood -- Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors -- Breast Cancer -- Colorectal Cancer -- Cervical Cancer -- Kidney Cancer -- Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer -- Lung Cancer -- Melanoma (Skin…
Version 4.0 published: May 28, 2009 (v4.03: June14, 2010)."
Table of Contents:; What is complementary and alternative medicine, and can it be used safely? -- Types of complementary and alternative therapies -- Herbs, vitamins, and supplements -- Symptom management with complementary and alternative medicine -- CAM therapy use by site -- Healthy living.
Table of contents:; History of Cancer Immunotherapy -- Section I: Basic Principles of Tumor Immunology -- Section II: Cancer Immunotherapy Targets and Classes -- Section III: Immune Function in Cancer Patients -- Section IV: Disease-Specific Treatments and Outcomes -- Section V: Regulatory Aspects …