Bone and Cancer

2. Printing.
ISBN: 978-1-84882-018-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 186 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 780 g

Reihe: Topics in Bone Biology

The fifth in a series of reviews, centered on a single major topic (vol. 1 Bone Formation, vol. 2 Bone Resorption, vol. 3 Engineering of Functional Skeletal Tissues, vol. 4 Osteoarthritis) written by acknowledged authorities in the field, and aimed at researchers, clinicians and others involved in the bone field.

Zielgruppe

Academic clinicians, researchers of bone and bone cancers, professional staff of hospitals and pharmaceutical houses, and personnel involved in, and concerned with, cancer care and therapy

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bronner, Felix

Farach-Carson, Mary C

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Chirurgie Orthopädie- und Unfallchirurgie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Series Editors of Topics in Bone Biology are: Professors Felix Bronner, PhD - University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA, and Dr Mary C. Farach-Carson, PhD - the Department of Biology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA