Renal cell carcinoma
By: [edited by] Brian I. Rini, Steven C. Campbell
Publisher: People's Medical Pub. House
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Shelton, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781607950035
Subjects: Renal cell carcinoma
Description: Covers future therapeutics and supportive care. The bulk of the chapters deal with practical management of the continuum of kidney cancer ranging from the small renal mass to the metastatic patient. Different treatment approaches are discussed within the context of each of these clinical scenarios and surgical and therapeutic advances are highlighted.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pathology of renal cell carcinomas / Ming Zhou; title: Epidemiology and screening of renal cell carcinoma / Daniel R. Carrizosa, Paul A. Godley; title: Diagnosis and management of inherited renal cancer / Katherine L. Nathanson, Andrew J. Stephenson; title: Genetics of sporadic renal cell carcinoma / Kyle A.Furge, Bin Tean Teh; title: Imaging techniques in renal cell carcinoma / Brian R. Herts; title: Management of small renal masses (active surveillance of sporadic renal masses) / David Y.T. Chen, Yu-Ning Wong, Robert G. Uzzo; title: Management of small renal masses (energy-ablative therapy for small renal masses) / Surena F. Matin, Kamran Ahrar; title: Management of small renal masses (partial nephrectomy) / Andrew C. Novick; title: Prognostic factors in localized renal cell carcinoma / Brian Shuch, Allan Pantuck, Arie Belldegrun; title: Radical nephrectomy for localized renal cell carcinoma / Rebecca L. O'Malley, Guilherme Godoy, Samir S. Taneja; title: Surgical management of locally advanced renal cell carcinoma / Vitaly Margulis, Christopher G. Wood; title: Adjuvant therapy in renal cell carcinoma / Ahmad Rahman, Tim Eisen; title: Prognostic factors in metastatic renal cell carcinoma / Toni K. Choueiri; title: Immunobiology of metastatic renal cell carcinoma / Renee N. Salas,Jennifer S. Ko, James H. Finke; title: Immunotherapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma / David F. McDermott; title: Angiogenesis biology in metastatic renal cell carcinoma / Chirag J. Amin, W. Kimryn Rathmell; title: Antivascular endothelial growth factor therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (vascular endothelial growth factor ligand-binding agents) / Brian I. Rini, W. Kimryn Rathmell; title: Antivascular endothelial growth factor therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (Therapeutic inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors) / Olivier Rixe ... [et al.]; title: mTOR pathway biology in renal cell carcinoma / William Y. Kim, Andrew J. Armstrong, Daniel J. George; title: Clinical results of mammalian target of rapamycin inhibition in renal cell carcinoma / Gary R. Hudes; title: Response, resistance, and future therapeutics in metastatic renal cell carcinoma / Keith T. Flaherty; title: The role of surgery in advanced renal cell carcinoma / Eric C. Nelson ... [et al.]; title: Supportive care in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (bisphosphonates) / Abraham B. Schwarzberg, Dror Michaelson; title: Supportive care in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (management of central nervous system metastasis from renal carcinoma) / Guru Sonpavde, Bin S. Teh, Thomas E. Hutson; title: Supportive care in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (palliative care considerations and quality of life issues in renal cancer) / Mellar P. Davis.