Tumor Bone Diseases and Osteoporosis in Cancer Patients: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Therapy - Couverture rigide

 
9780824763992: Tumor Bone Diseases and Osteoporosis in Cancer Patients: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Therapy
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0824763998 ISBN 13 : 9780824763992
Editeur : CRC Press Inc, 1999

Synopsis

With bone metastases found to develop in more than half of patients with advanced cancers, this remarkable reference sheds much-needed light on the relation of various cancers-particularly breast and prostate cancer and multiple myeloma-to bone morbidity. The book addresses new therapies that can reduce the frequency of morbid skeletal events by as much as half.
Examines cancer's effects on bone tissue from pathophysiological, diagnostic, monitoring, and therapeutic points of view!
Written by more than 40 international experts in the field, Tumor Bone Diseases and Osteoporosis in Cancer Patients

  • reviews the basics of bone physiology
  • investigates the propensity of breast cancer cells to metastasize in bone due primarily to the abundance of growth factors in the skeletal microenvironment-strongly supporting the seed-and-soil hypothesis of the metastatic process
  • discusses the efficacy of local radiotherapy and radioactive isotopes in treating bone metastases
  • covers endocrine and chemotherapy trials on patients with bone metastases
  • explores osteoclast activation and direct osteolytic effects of metastatic cancer cells
  • evaluates the noncytotoxic treatments of bisphosphonates as potent inhibitors of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption
  • assesses bisphosphonates as agents for ameliorating pain and preventing metastases in cancer patients
  • describes preventive therapy against osteoporosis
  • and more!
    Containing over 1700 references and more than 200 tables, drawings, and micrographs, Tumor Bone Diseases and Osteoporosis in Cancer Patients is a first-rank resource for medical, surgical, and clinical oncologists and radiotherapists, endocrinologists, internists, biologists, biochemists, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.

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    Présentation de l'éditeur

    With bone metastases found to develop in more than half of patients with advanced cancers, this remarkable reference sheds much-needed light on the relation of various cancers-particularly breast and prostate cancer and multiple myeloma-to bone morbidity. The book addresses new therapies that can reduce the frequency of morbid skeletal events by as much as half.
    Examines cancer's effects on bone tissue from pathophysiological, diagnostic, monitoring, and therapeutic points of view!
    Written by more than 40 international experts in the field, Tumor Bone Diseases and Osteoporosis in Cancer Patients

  • reviews the basics of bone physiology
  • investigates the propensity of breast cancer cells to metastasize in bone due primarily to the abundance of growth factors in the skeletal microenvironment-strongly supporting the seed-and-soil hypothesis of the metastatic process
  • discusses the efficacy of local radiotherapy and radioactive isotopes in treating bone metastases
  • covers endocrine and chemotherapy trials on patients with bone metastases
  • explores osteoclast activation and direct osteolytic effects of metastatic cancer cells
  • evaluates the noncytotoxic treatments of bisphosphonates as potent inhibitors of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption
  • assesses bisphosphonates as agents for ameliorating pain and preventing metastases in cancer patients
  • describes preventive therapy against osteoporosis
  • and more!
    Containing over 1700 references and more than 200 tables, drawings, and micrographs, Tumor Bone Diseases and Osteoporosis in Cancer Patients is a first-rank resource for medical, surgical, and clinical oncologists and radiotherapists, endocrinologists, internists, biologists, biochemists, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.

    • Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

    Éditeur
    CRC Press Inc
    Date d'édition
    1999
    Langue
    anglais
    ISBN 10 
    0824763998
    ISBN 13 
    9780824763992
    Reliure
    Relié
    Nombre de pages
    584
    Éditeur
    Body Jean-Jacques
    Coordonnées du fabricant
    non disponible
    Personne responsable
    non disponible

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    ISBN 10 :  142000140X ISBN 13 :  9781420001402
    Editeur : Marcel Dekker Ltd, 1999
    Couverture rigide