Cancer Treatment

Conventional and Innovative Approaches

630 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Cancer Treatment: Conventional and Innovative Approaches is an attempt to integrate into a book volume the various aspects of cancer treatment, compiling comprehensive reviews written by an international team of experts in the field. The volume is presented in six sections: i) Section 1: Cancer treatment: Conventional and innovative pharmacological approaches; ii) Section 2: Combinatorial strategies to fight cancer: Surgery, radiotherapy, backytherapy, chemotherapy, and hyperthermia; iii) Section 3: The immunotherapy of cancer; iv) Section 4: Multidisciplinarity in cancer therapy: nutrition and beyond; v) Section 5: Supportive care for cancer patients; vi) Section 6: Perspectives in cancer biology and modeling. Ultimately, we hope this book can enlighten important issues involved in the management of cancer, summarizing the state-of-the-art knowledge regarding the disease control and treatment; thus, providing means to improve the overall care of patients that daily battle against this potentially lethal condition.

• Themen: Medizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Krankheiten und Störungen Onkologie
• ISBN: 9789535110989
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.05.2013
• Größe: 266 x 185 mm
• Verlag: IntechOpen
• Herausgegeben von: Letícia Rangel