| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro -- Biomarkers in cancer detection and monitoring of therapeutics: Volume 1: Discovery and Technologies -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter One: Milestones in cancer research -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Landmark researches -- 2.1. Aberrant chromatin -- 2.2. Rous sarcoma virus -- 2.3. Cancer metastasis -- 2.4. Smoking: A cause of lung cancer -- 2.5. Chromosomal translocations in cancer -- 2.6. Suppressed apoptosis -- 2.7. Context dependence of carcinomas -- 2.8. Protein phosphorylation in cancer -- 2.9. The immune system in cancer |
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2.10. Circumventing the blocks: Cancer drug resistance -- 3. Summary -- References -- Chapter Two: Cancer burden: Epidemiology, racial, and geographical disparities -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Global burden of cancer -- 3. Social class disparities in cancer -- 4. Racial disparities in cancer -- 5. Risk factors for cancer -- 6. Reasons for disparities in cancer -- 6.1. Health system settings -- 6.2. Environmental settings -- 7. Response to the burden of cancer -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Three: Technological evolution in cancer diagnosis and therapeutics -- 1. Introduction |
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2. Cancer diagnosis -- 2.1. Nanotechnology-mediated cancer diagnostics -- 2.2. Molecular techniques for cancer diagnostics -- 2.3. Advancement in biopsy -- 2.4. Radiomics and pathomics -- 2.5. Biomarker and biosensors -- 2.6. Other omics-based technologies -- 3. Cancer therapy -- 3.1. Nanotechnology-mediated cancer therapy -- 3.2. Immunotherapy -- 3.3. Gene therapy -- 3.4. Hormonal therapy -- 3.5. Molecular radiotherapy -- 3.6. Magnetic hyperthermia -- 3.7. Other techniques -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter Four: How does time speak about cancer, its diagnosis, treatments, and challenges? |
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Some key discoveries and events in tumorigenic virus research -- 3.4. Environmental radiations -- Ultraviolet (UV) radiation -- 3.5. Medical radiations -- 3.6. Medication causes -- 3.7. Life style factors -- 3.8. Mutagens -- 4. Animal models and chemical carcinogenesis -- 5. History of cancer treatment -- 5.1. Chemotherapy -- 5.2. Surgery -- 5.3. Radiation -- 5.4. Immunotherapy -- 5.5. Therapy using nanotechnology -- 5.6. Treatment beyond the limit -- 6. Major breakthroughs in cancer research -- 7. Cancer in India since antiquity -- 8. Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 29, 2024) |
| Subject |
Tumor markers -- Diagnostic use.
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Tumor markers -- Therapeutic use
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sobti, R. C., editor.
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Ganju, Awtar Krishan, editor
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Sobti, Aastha, editor
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| ISBN |
9780323951173 |
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0323951171 |
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