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Mechanisms of Cancer Metastasis
. Ed(S): Honn, Kenneth V.; Powers, William E.; Sloane, Bonnie F.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Honn, Kenneth V.; Powers, William E.; Sloane, Bonnie F. Series: Developments in Oncology. Num Pages: 428 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 682.
The past twenty years have witnessed significant advances in the treatment of cancer by surgery and radiation therapy. Gains with cytotoxic chemotherapy have been much more modest. Of the approximately 900,000 newly diagnosed cases of cancer each year, 50010 result in death of the patient. The primary cause of these deaths is metastasis. Although the term metastasis was first coined by Recamier in 1829, only in the past ten years have there been intensive scientific investigations into the mechanisms by which tumor cells metastasize. What has emerged is a complex process of host-tumor cell interactions which has been termed the ... Read more
The past twenty years have witnessed significant advances in the treatment of cancer by surgery and radiation therapy. Gains with cytotoxic chemotherapy have been much more modest. Of the approximately 900,000 newly diagnosed cases of cancer each year, 50010 result in death of the patient. The primary cause of these deaths is metastasis. Although the term metastasis was first coined by Recamier in 1829, only in the past ten years have there been intensive scientific investigations into the mechanisms by which tumor cells metastasize. What has emerged is a complex process of host-tumor cell interactions which has been termed the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
Series
Developments in Oncology
Number of Pages
428
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461296461
SKU
V9781461296461
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