Diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets in melanoma
By: Michael J. Murphy, editor
Series: Current clinical pathology; Current clinical pathology
Publisher: Humana
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781607614326
Subjects: Biological Tumor Markers; Melanoma; Tumor markers; Drug Design; Drug Delivery Systems; Therapy; Drug Therapy; Diagnosis; Diagnostic use
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets in melanoma; title: Diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in melanoma: current state of play; title: Molecular pathogenesis of melanoma: established andnovel pathways; title: Staging of melanoma; title: Clinical and histopathologocial paramenters in melanoma; title: Genetic/epigentic biomarkers: distinction of melanoma from other melanocytic neoplasms; title: mRNA biomarkers in melanoma; title: Epigenetic biomarkers in melanoma; title: MicroRNA biomarkers in melanoma; title: MciroRNAs as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in melanoma; title: Mitochondrial DNA biomarkers in melanoma; title: Tissue-based protein biomarkers in melanoma: immunohistochemistry:  (A) diagnosis; title: Tissue-based protein biomarkers in melanoma: immunohistochemistry: (B) prognostication; title: Tissue-based protein biomarkers in melanoma: mass spectrometry-based strategies; title: Serological biomarkers in melanoma; title: Molecular markers of lymph node disease in melanoma; title: Melanoma cell propagation: cancer stem cell, clonal evolution and interconversion models of tumorigenicity; title: Surgical management of melanoma: concept of field cancerization and molecular evaluation of tissue margins; title: Chemotherapy for melanoma; title: Molecular-targeted therapy for melanoma; title: Anti-angiogenesis therapy for melanoma; title: Immunological biomarkers and immunotherapy for melanoma; title: Diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets in melanoma: an overview.