Bone and Cancer
Bone and Cancer is the fifth volume in the series Topics in Bone Biology, edited by Felix Bronner and Mary C. Farach-Carson. This title features current knowledge on mechanisms of metastasis, the role of the bone microenvironment in cancer progression, how inflammatory cytokines function in metastas...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Springer London,
2009.
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| Series: | Topics in Bone Biology ;
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-019-7 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Primary and Secondary Bone Cancers: A General Overview
- Blood-Bone Axis and Bone Marrow Microenvironment
- Genetics of Osteosarcoma
- Multiple Myeloma and Other Hematological Malignancies of Bone
- Mechanisms of Metastasis to Bone: The Role of Bone Marrow Endothelium
- Lysophosphatidic Acid: Role in Bone and Bone Cancer
- Role of Bone Microenvironment/Metastatic Niche in Cancer Progression
- Detection and Characterization of Disseminated Tumor Cells Present in Bone Marrow of Cancer Patients
- Molecular Imaging of Cancer Cells Growing in Bone
- Inflammatory Cytokines and Their Role in Bone Metastasis and Osteolysis
- Prostate Cancer Bone Colonization: Osteomimicry in the Bone Niche
- Bone Pain Associated with Cancer Metastasis
- Small Animal Models for the Study of Cancer in Bone
- Hormonal Therapies in Breast and Prostate Cancer: Effects on Bone and the Role of Bisphosphonates
- Therapeutic Approaches to Metastatic Bone Cancer II: Targeted and Non-targeted Systemic Agents
- Role of Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant in Cancer Treatment
- Role of Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Bone Localized Cancers.