Current and Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Bekaii-Saab, Tanios; El-Rayes, Bassel

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Highlights the standard and emerging therapies in treating pancreatic cancer

Introduces new concepts regarding the economic effects associated with implementing new pancreatic cancer treatments

Written by experts from a variety of integrative disciplines

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 379
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319582566
• Artikelnr.: 52941168

Autorenporträt

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, FACP Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Bassel El-Rayes, MD Director, GI Oncology Program, Associate Cancer Center Director for Clinical Research, Emory University, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Pancreatic Cancer Epidemiology and Environmental Risk Factors.- Anatomy of the Pancreas and Biliary Tree.- Pathology: Preneoplastic and Neoplastic Disease and Molecular Genetics.- Screening for Pancreatic Cancer: Who to Screen and How to Follow-up?.- Staging and Prognostic Implications.- Current and Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer.- Imaging of Pancreatic Malignancies.- Advanced Endoscopic Procedures.- How to Treat Resectable Disease.- The Management of Locally Advanced Non-Metastatic Pancreas Cancer.- Cytotoxic Therapy in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed.- Molecularly Targeted Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer.- Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment.- Synthetic Lethality: Achilles Heel in Select Patient Subpopulations.- Immune Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer.- Vaccine Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer.- Virotherapies in Pancreatic Cancer.- Novel Radiotherapy Modalities.- The Role for Palliative Surgical Interventions in Pancreatic Cancer.- Current and Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer: Do They Provide Value?.

Rezensionen

"This comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of therapies for pancreatic cancer covers basic, translational, and population science, as well as clinical research in this area. ... this book will be a valuable resource for clinicians and healthcare providers from radiology, gastroenterology, pathology, and medical, surgical, and radiation oncology. In addition, interns, trainees, and basic and translational research scientists interested in the field also may find this a useful resource." (Ravi Salgia, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2018)