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Brain metastases from primary tumors. Volume 3, Epidemiology, biology, and therapy of melanoma and other cancers /

Brain Metastases from Primary Tumors Volume Three: Epidemiology, Biology, and Therapy of Melanoma and Other Cancers provides a comprehensive overview of the metastasis of cancer, the main cause of approximately 90% of cancer associated deaths, yet the mechanisms governing this clinically important p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hayat, M. A., 1940- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The management and biology of metastatic cancers to the brain
  • Melanoma metastases are underrepresented in cerebellum compared with metastases from colorectal cancers
  • Risk reductions of recurrence and mortality in melanoma patients using ifn-[alpha]
  • Brain metastases from melanoma
  • Pathobiology of brain metastases : molecular mechanisms
  • Role of cdkn2a mutations and other relevant genes in melanoma predisposition
  • The role of the receptor for advanced glycation end products in malignant melanoma
  • Hydrogen sulfide pathway and cancer
  • Brain metastasis from esophageal cancer
  • Treatment of metastatic melanoma patients bearing c-kit mutation using imatinib mesylate
  • Optimal selection of targeted therapies for melanoma patients : role of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway
  • Patients with brain metastases from melanoma : treatment with surgery and radiotherapy
  • The risks and advantages of whole brain radiation therapy in patients with brain metastases
  • Gastrointestinal stromal tumors with intracranial metastasis : treatment strategy and review of the literature
  • Brain metastases from breast cancer in patients receiving trastuzumab
  • Brain metastases from cutaneous melanoma : biology and its implications for more rational therapeutic approaches
  • Treatment of brain metastases from ovarian and endometrial carcinomas using stereotactic radiosurgery
  • Prognostic factors for survival in melanoma patients with brain metastases
  • Management of melanoma therapy-associated toxicities
  • Brain metastases from breast cancer : focus on risk factors, treatment, and clinical outcome.