Prostate Cancer Biology, Genetics, and the New Therapeutics / edited by Leland W. K. Chung, William B. Isaacs, Jonathan W. Simons.

Prostate Cancer: Biology, Genetics, and the New Therapeutics, Second Edition, reviews new, valuable approaches to the treatment of prostate cancer in men. The latest edition contains new material on molecular imaging, new treatments for prostate cancer, molecular targets, cell signaling pathways, bi...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Chung, Leland W. K. (Editor), Isaacs, William B. (Editor), Simons, Jonathan W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2007.
Edition:2nd ed. 2007.
Series:Contemporary Cancer Research
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Table of Contents:
  • Biology and Imaging
  • Xenograft Models of Human Prostate Cancer
  • The Pathology of Human Prostatic Atrophy and Inflammation
  • Tissue Microarrays in Prostate Cancer Research
  • Prostate (Cancer) Stem Cells
  • Cancer-Host Interactions
  • Androgen Receptor Function in Prostate Cancer Progression
  • Hedgehog Signaling in Development and Cancer
  • Cholesterol, Cell Signaling, and Prostate Cancer
  • Gene Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer
  • Role of Transforming Growth Factor-? in Immunotherapy of Prostate Cancer
  • Biology and Therapeutic Basis of Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis
  • Molecular Imaging
  • Quantum Dot Nanotechnology for Prostate Cancer Research
  • Genetics
  • Expression Profiling of Prostate Cancer Progression
  • Somatic Alterations in Prostate Cancer Progression
  • Linkage Studies of Prostate Cancer Families to Identify Susceptibility Genes
  • Somatic DNA Methylation Changes and Prostatic Carcinogenesis
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, Chromosome Stability, and Prostate Cancer
  • Therapeutics
  • Racial Differences in Prostate Cancer Mortality
  • Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer
  • Recombinant Antibody Candidates for Treatment of Prostate Cancer
  • Differentiation Agents and Epigenomic Therapies
  • Taxane-Based Chemotherapy for Prostate Cancer
  • Co-Targeting Therapeutics for Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer
  • Intercellular Targets of Prostate Cancer
  • Novel and Efficient Translational Clinical Trial Designs in Advanced Prostate Cancer.