Kidney Cancer Principles and Practice

Kidney Cancer Principles and Practice / edited by Primo N. Lara, Jr., Eric Jonasch.

Kidney Cancer: Principles and Practice is an interdisciplinary textbook that encompasses all clinically relevant aspects of the disease and is designed to be as user-friendly as possible in order to meet the needs of the busy practitioner. To this end, the informative text is complemented by helpful...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lara, Jr., Primo N. (Editor), Jonasch, Eric (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Oncology  .
Surgical oncology.
Cancer research.
Internal medicine.
Pathology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Epidemiology and biology: Rencal cell cancer (RCC) epidemiology. Pathology of RCC. Molecular biology of RCC. Prognostic and predictive biomarkers
  • Clinical considerations: Clinical presentation and staging
  • Surgical and local control modalities: Surgical approaches to early stage RCC. Palliative debulking nephrectomy in advanced stage RCC. Metastasectomy. Energy ablative techniques in RCC. Radiation therapy in RCC
  • Systemic therapy considerations: Cytokines and other immune therapies in RCC. Anti-VEGF therapy in RCC. The role of mTOR inhibitors and PI3K pathway blockade in RCC. Sequential versus combination strategies. Presurgical therapy. Toxicity management for patients on targeted therapy. Emerging agents in RCC.

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