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

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Alternate Title

Childhood cancer : a parents guide to solid tumor cancers

Author

Janes-Hodder, Honna

Keene, Nancy

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

Sebastopol, Ca.

Publisher

O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.

Publication Date

2002

Physical Description

561 p.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

ebrary books for public

Subjects

Neoplasms

Infant

Child

Parent-Child Relations

Sarcoma

Bone Neoplasms

Neuroblastoma

Wilms Tumor

ISBN

0596500149

9781941089187

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Library

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

QZ200 J33 2002

Website Notes

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Author

Mullen, Barbara Dorr

McGinn, Kerry Anne

Edition

3rd ed. rev. and updated.

Place of Publication

Boulder, CO

Publisher

Bull Publishing Company

Publication Date

2008

Physical Description

xii, 379 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

ebrary books for public

Subjects

Colostomy

Ileostomy

Enterostomy

Ostomy

Popular Work

Notes

Surrey CIC keep 2022

ISBN

9781933503134

9781933503837

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Vancouver Cancer Info Ctr

Surrey Cancer Info Ctr

Victoria Cancer Info Ctr

Abbotsford Cancer Info Ctr

Internet

Call Number

WI520 M958 2008

Website Notes

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Editor

Rajkumar, S. Vincent

Kyle, Robert A

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

2009

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Multiple Myeloma - therapy

Multiple Myeloma - diagnosis

Paraproteinemias - therapy

Paraproteinemias - diagnosis

ISBN

9780521515030

0521515033

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

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Author

Wintrobe, Maxwell Myer

Editor

Tkachuk, Douglas C

Hirschmann, Jan V

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, PA

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Publication Date

2007

Physical Description

xiii, 349 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Series

R2 Library

Subjects

Hematologic Diseases - diagnosis

Hematologic Diseases - pathology

Atlases

ISBN

9780781770231

0781770238

Language

English

Material Type

Book

DVD

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Internet

Call Number

WH17 W794 2007

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