Mammography: Terminology -- The Normal Breast -- Mammographic Signs -- Interpreting and Reporting -- Interpretation -- Communication and Language -- The Re.Co.R.M. Diagnostic Assessment Categories.Breast cancer screening by mammography has proved to be the only means of reducing mortality from this disease by as much as 30-50% worldwide. However, despite the widespread utilization of screening …
Genomics, Cancer Targets, Transcriptomics, and Gene Expression Analysis -- Genomic Resources for Cancer Biologists -- Cancer Drug Target Identification by SAGE, LongSAGE, and Digital Karyotyping -- Identification of Novel Cancer Target Antigens Utilizing EST and Genome Sequence Databases -- Tree-Based Cancer Classification and Diagnosis Using Gene Expression Data -- From FISH to Proteomics -- G…
Fundamental Concepts -- Overview -- Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide and Malignancy -- Vitamin D and Vitamin D Analogs in Cancer Progression and Metastasis -- Role of TGF-? and IGF in Tumor Progression and Bone Metastases -- Biologic and Therapeutic Implications of Osteomimicry and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Prostate Cancer -- Roles of Immune-Cell-Derived Matrix Metalloproteinases …
Biochemistry, Pharmacology, and Chemistry -- Mechanism of Action of Topoisomerase 1 Poisons -- Crystallographic Insight Into the Mechanism of Drug-Induced Topoisomerase I DNA Damage -- Inhibitors of Topoisomerase I Function -- Cytotoxic Mechanisms of Topoisomerase 1 Inhibitors -- Biochemical and Genetic Analyses of DNA Topoisomerase 1-Mediated DNA Damage -- Preclinical Models for Evaluating Top…
Mammalian Cell Death Pathways -- Resistance to Apoptosis in Cancer Therapy -- Structures of TNF Receptors and Their Interactions With Ligands -- Death Receptor Signaling in Embryonic Ectodermal Development -- Adaptor Proteins in Death Receptor Signaling -- Caspase Activation by the Extrinsic Pathway -- Death Signaling and Therapeutic Applications of TRAIL -- Death Receptor Mutations -- Regulati…
Acute Leukemia -- Hodgkin Lymphoma and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma -- Brain Tumors: Diagnosis, Surgery and Radiotherapy, and Supportive Care -- Brain Tumors: Chemotherapy and Investigational Therapy -- Wilms’ Tumor -- Neuroblastoma -- Soft-Tissue Tumors -- Osteosarcoma -- Ewing’s Sarcoma -- Retinoblastoma -- Differentiated Thyroid Cancer -- Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma -- Melanoma -- Novel Therapeu…
Etiology and Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Molecular Mechanisms of Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Clinical Features and Diagnostic Evaluation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Pathological Aspects of Hepatocellular Tumors -- Use of Imaging Techniques to Screen for Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Radiological Evaluation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Percutaneous Ethanol and Acetic Acid Abla…
Targeting of the EGFR As a Modulator of Cancer Chemotherapy -- Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors in Combination Chemotherapy -- Development of Protein Kinase C and Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors As Potentiators of Cytotoxic Drug Action in Leukemia -- Carboxyamidotriazole, an Inhibitor of Nonvoltage-Operated Calcium Entry -- Targeted ?-Particle Therapy -- Pharmacological Modulation of Fluor…