Pancreatic cancer
by Abbruzzese, James L. Evans, Douglas B., (Douglas Brian) Pisters, Peter W. T.
The MD Anderson Solid Tumor Oncology series presents the most cutting-edge surgical treatment and medical therapy for specific sites. Each year, more than 26,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, also called a "silent" disease because it does not usually exhibit symptoms early on. This volume, Pancreatic Cancer, defines the current standard on multimodality care: surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, gene therapy, radiotherapy, and a review of the latest research and clinical trials.…
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- Full title :Pancreatic cancer / Douglas B. Evans, Peter W.T. Pisters, James L. Abbruzzese, editors.
Summary
The MD Anderson Solid Tumor Oncology series presents the most cutting-edge surgical treatment and medical therapy for specific sites. Each year, more than 26,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, also called a "silent" disease because it does not usually exhibit symptoms early on. This volume, Pancreatic Cancer, defines the current standard on multimodality care: surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, gene therapy, radiotherapy, and a review of the latest research and clinical trials. It includes sections on: epidemiology/molecular biology inherited pancreatic cancer syndromes staging various surgical techniques and outcomes multimodality therapy emerging and future therapies The individual chapters focus on narrow, specific topics to produce a reference work of value to those interested in pancreatic cancer from a clinical and translational research perspective. A must-have for surgical oncologists and general surgeons.
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- Publication Date:©2002.
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- Publisher(s):Springer
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2002.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xix, 423 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0387216006, 9780387216003, 1280187646, 9781280187643, 6610187649, 9786610187645
- oclc:ocm57004860
- LC Classification:RC280.P25
- Dewey Decimal:616.99/437
Table of Contents
From the contents: Epidemiology/Molecular Biology -- Staging -- Surgery/Therapeutic Endoscopy/Pain Management -- Multimodality Therapy -- Emerging Therapies.
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