Luan D. Truong Steven S. Shen Jae Y. Ro 2009 Intraoperative pathology consultation remains one of the most challenging and demanding areas in the practice of diagnostic pathology. The need for making an accurate diagnosis under the constraint of time limitation, suboptimal tissue preparation, and incomplete clinical information, is a well -recognized problem.
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Edited by Franco Muggia Esther Oliva 2009 Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment For the Editors, the task of writing a Preface is most satisfying. It represents the completion of the book and a moment of reflection on whether the whole is more than the sum of all the parts. And also, one must reflect on how this book […]
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Mark W. Kroll l Jeffrey D. Ho Editors 2009 Seldom has a technology had such rapid adoption as the TASER1 conducted electrical weapon (CEW). We all think of mobile phones and their rapid adoption but the compound average growth rate of mobile phone penetration over the past 10 years was 5.2% while that of the CEW was an […]
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Shankar Vallabhajosula 2009 Radiopharmaceuticals for PET and SPECT In my life, the invisible piper has long been and will continue to be “science.” Indeed, in 1967, during my second year in pharmacy school, while reading general books on science, I fi rst learned that an unstable atom emits radiation, which might be used as a beacon or a […]
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M. Molls ∙ P. Vaupel ∙ C. Nieder M. S. Anscher (Eds.) 2009 Numerous developments in molecular biology and information technology over the past decade have led to an explosive growth in cancer biology research. Much of the research has focused on the underlying mechanisms of carcinogenesis, tumor progression and metastasis.
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Edited by STANLEY P.L. LEONG 2009 Involvement of Distant Sites Through the Lymphovascular System The aim of this book is to trace cancer metastasis from the primary sites to the regional lymph nodes and distant organs through the mechanism of local proliferation resulting in metastasis through the lymphovascular system. Rational therapy may be developed to curb the […]
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Edited by Philip T. Cagle Timothy Craig Allen 2009 The increasing role of molecular pathology in the daily practice of medicine, including the increasingly routine use of targeted molecular therapy in personalized patient care, has created a need for textbooks that bridge the gap between medical practice and basic molecular science.
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Paul A. Iaizzo Editor 2009 Worldwide, the medical device industry continues to grow at an incredibly rapid pace. Our overall understanding of the molecular basis of disease continues to increase, in addition to the number of available therapies to treat specific health problems. This remains particularly true in the field of cardiovascular care. Hence, with this rapid growth rate, […]
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Edited by ASHRAF KHAN 2009 Surgical pathology is the cornerstone in management of neoplastic disorders. With the advances made in ,our understanding of disease and application of new ancillary diagnostic studies the cross talk between surgical pathology and its related fields such as cytopathology and molecular diagnosis has become important for patient care and to provide the […]
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Marc M. Baltensperger Gerold K. H. Eyrich (Eds.) 2009 Writing and editing a book naturally gives rise to questions regarding the deeper motivations for undertaking such work. Some topics seem to accompany one during one’s daily work life: They even seem to be sitting in the waiting area when you enter the office in the morning.
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