BookRavi Salgia, editor.
Summary: "This volume comprehensively reviews oncology in the precision medicine era of personalized care, latest developments in the field, and indications and clinical trials for the treatment of cancer with targeted therapies, immunotherapy, and epigenetic modulators. It thoroughly addresses concerns of various types of cancers including cancers of the head and neck, lung, colon, esophagus, bladder, pancreas, and breast; melanoma; multiple myeloma; hepatocellular carcinoma; renal cell carcinoma; and sarcomas. It is organized and written in a format that is easy to follow for both clinicians and non-clinical scientists interested in personalized medicine. Chapters cover the identification of the clinical problem and summary of recent findings, tumor biology and heterogeneity, genomics, examples of simple and complex cases, biological pathways, future clinical trials, and financial considerations"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
Healthcare perspective / Joseph C. Alvarnas
Lung cancer / Joy Huang, Ashley Abing, Karen L. Reckamp
Esophageal and gastric cancer / Michael J. Jang, Joseph Chao
Sarcomas / An Ngoc Nhu Uche, Warren A. Chow
Multiple myeloma / Amrita Krishnan, Nitya Nathwani, Idoroenyi Amanam, Rohan Gupta
Pancreatic cancer / Addie Hill, Vincent Chung
Colon cancer / Blase Polite
Renal cell carcinoma / Yash Dara, Nicholas Salgia, Sumanta K. Pal
Prostate cancer / Bertram Yuh, Zijie Sun
Bladder cancer / Tanya Dorff, Petros Grivas
Molecular testing in ovarian cancer: recommendations and treatment considerations / Kathy Pan, Mihaela C. Cristea
Genomic cancer risk assessment / Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Thomas P. Slavin
Triple-negative breast cancer / Ritika Vankina, Yuan Yuan
Melanoma / Kathryn Bollin, Kim Margolin
Digital patient engagement and social media / Virginia Sun
Hepatocellular carcinoma / Rebecca Allen, Daneng Li
Treatment strategies in head and neck cancers / Dan Zhao, Rebecca Pharaon, Erminia Massarelli
Primary central nervous system tumors / Rimas V. Lukas, Vinai Gondi, Orin Bloch, Maciej M. Mrugala
Lymphoma / Leslie Popplewell .