Breast Cancer Biology for the Radiation Oncologist

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Strauss, Jonathan (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Small, William (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Woloschak, Gayle E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Medical Radiology,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Breast Cancer Biology for the Radiation Oncologist is the first textbook of its kind devoted to describing the biological complexities of breast cancer in a way that is relevant to the radiation oncologist. Radiation Oncology has long treated breast cancer as a single biological entity, with all tre...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Biological subtypes of breast cancer
• Oncogene amplification and Herceptin
• Current clinical use of genetic profiling
• Biology of DCIS and progression to invasive disease
• Cancer Stem Cells and Radiotherapy
• Genetic basis of normal tissue radiosensitivity and late toxicity
• Genetic syndromes and radiotherapy in breast cancer
• Experimental therapies in breast cancer.