Bone and Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bronner, Felix (Editor), Farach-Carson, Mary C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2009.
• Series: Topics in Bone Biology ; 5
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Oncology.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cancer Research.

Bone and Cancer is the fifth volume in the series Topics in Bone Biology, edited by Felix Bronner and Mary C. Farach-Carson. This title features current knowledge on mechanisms of metastasis, the role of the bone microenvironment in cancer progression, how inflammatory cytokines function in metastas...

Table of Contents:

• Blood–Bone Axis and Bone Marrow Microenvironment
• Genetics of Osteosarcoma
• Multiple Myeloma and Other Hematological Malignancies of Bone
• Mechanism of Metastasis to Bone: The Role of Bone Marrow Endothelium
• Lysophosphatidic Acid: Role in Bone and Bone Cancer
• Role of Bone Microenvironment/Metastatic Niche in Cancer Progression
• Detection and Characterization of Disseminated Tumor Cells present in Bone Marrow of Cancer Patients
• Molecular Imaging of Cancer Cells Growing in Bone
• Inflammatory Cytokines and Their Role in Bone Metastasis and Osteolysis
• Prostate Cancer Bone Colonization: Osteomimicry in the Bone Niche
• Bone Pain Associated with Cancer Metastasis
• Small Animal Models for the Study of Cancer in Bone
• Hormonal therapies in Breast and Prostate Cancer: Effects on Bone and the Role of Bisphosphonates
• Therapeutic Approaches to Metastatic Bone Cancer II: Targeted and Non-targeted Systemic Agents
• The Role of Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant in Cancer Treatment
• The Role of Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Bone Localized Cancers.