Book[editors], Vincent T. DeVita, Jr., MD, Amy & Joseph Perella, Professor of Medicine,
... Show More Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, School of Public Health, New Haven, Conneticut, Theodore S. Lawrence, MD, PhD, Isadore Lampe Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, PhD, Chief, Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services, University of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, Professor of Surgery, George Washington University, School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Contents:
Part I: Principles of oncology. The cancer genome
Hallmarks of cancer: an organizing principle for cancer medicine
Molecular methods in cancer
Part II: Etiology and epidemiology of cancer. Tobacco
Oncogenic viruses
Inflammation
Chemical factors
Physical factors
Dietary factors
Obesity and physical activity
Section 2: Epidemiology of cancer. Epidemiologic methods
Trends in United States cancer mortality
Part III: Cancer therapeutics. Essentials of radiation therapy
Cancer immunotherapy
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of anticancer drugs
Pharmacogenomics
Alkylating agents
Platinum analogs
Antimetabolites
Topoisomerase interactive agents
Antimicrotubule agents
Kinase inhibitors as anticancer drugs
Histone deacetylase inhibitors and demethylating agents
Proteasome inhibitors
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors
Miscellaneous chemotherapeutic agents
Hormonal agents
Antiangiogenesis agents
Monoclonal antibodies
Assessment of clinical response
Part IV: Cancer prevention and screening. Tobacco use and the cancer patient
Role of surgery in cancer prevention
Cancer risk-reducing agents
Cancer screening
Genetic counseling
Part V: Cancer of the skin. Cancer of the skin
Molecular biology of cutaneous melanoma
Cutaneous melanoma
Genetic testing in skin cancer.