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  • The Emperor of All Maladiesby Siddhartha Mukherjee

    Simon & Schuster 2010; US$ 9.99

    The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but... more...

  • Extravasation of Cytotoxic Agentsby Ines Mader; Patrizia R. Furst-Weger; Robert M. Mader; Elisabeth Nogler-Semenitz; Sabine M. Wassertheurer; Birte Twisselmann

    Springer 2010; US$ 139.00

    The extravasation of cytotoxic agents can result in severe local tissue damage and medical emergencies during tumour therapy. This revised compendium is intended to help clinicians assess any situation speedily and with certainty. The general section of the book includes topics such as predisposition, prevention, type of harm, general measures in handling extravasated drugs, specific antidotes, and documentation. In the 2nd edition, the scientific information contained in the general section and relating to the actual substances has been updated. The substance specific part of the book includes detailed instructions on handling more than 50 cytotoxic drugs, to initiate targeted measures. Templates for an extravasation set, overview tables,... more...

  • Epidermal Cell Tumorsby Bruce R. Smoller; Kim M. Hiatt

    Springer 2011; US$ 59.95

    "Epidermal Cell Tumors: The Basics" will serve as an effective and efficient handbook for the student of dermatopathology, and as a practical bench reference for the practicing diagnostician who desires rapid access to criteria that are useful in differentiating histologically similar entities. The reader will be able to focus upon a single histologic observation, i.e., inflammatory conditions without epidermal changes, and use this as a starting point from which to build a differential diagnosis based upon pattern recognition. As each entity is addressed, there will be a concise discussion of the basic clinical findings and epidemiologic associations. This will be followed by a histologic description, highlighting areas that serve... more...

  • Diagnostic Lymph Node Pathologyby Dennis H Wright; Anthony S-Y Leong; Bruce J Addis

    Hodder Education 2011; US$ 165.00

    New edition, updated to include that latest World Health Organization classification system more...

  • Dermal Tumorsby Bruce R. Smoller; Kim M. Hiatt

    Springer Fachmedien 2011; US$ 59.95

    "Dermal Tumors: The Basics" will serve as an effective and efficient handbook for the student of dermatopathology, and as a practical bench reference for the practicing diagnostician who desires rapid access to criteria that are useful in differentiating histologically similar entities. The reader will be able to focus upon a single histologic observation, i.e., inflammatory conditions without epidermal changes, and use this as a starting point from which to build a differential diagnosis based upon pattern recognition. As each entity is addressed, there will be a concise discussion of the basic clinical findings and epidemiologic associations. This will be followed by a histologic description, highlighting areas that serve to discriminate... more...

  • Dying Processby Julia Lawton

    Routledge 2000; US$ 51.95

    Taking as its focus a highly emotive area of study, The Dying Process draws on the experiences of day care and hospice patients to provide a forceful new analysis of the period of decline prior to death. more...

  • Glutathione S-Transferasesby G.J. Mulder; N.P.E. Vermeulen; W.H.M. Peters; P.J. van Bladeren

    CRC Press 1996; US$ 159.95

    Glutathione s-transferases (GSTs) constitute the most important enzymes protecting human and many other organisms from potentially toxic chemicals, including drugs and carcinogens. This book reviews scientific developments in research of this enzyme more...

  • Breast Cancerby Lesley Fallowfield; Andrew Clark

    Routledge 1991; US$ 55.95

    Breast Cancer examines the effects of the disease on women through all stages of treatment. It draws heavily on verbatim accounts of sufferers together with relevant findings and theories from scientific research. more...

  • Apoptosis in Normal Development and Cancerby M. Sluyser

    CRC Press 1996; US$ 159.95

    In apoptosis in the mammalian system, cells have a finite life - they develop, are used and then die. Cancer cells escape this programmed routine but, from an understanding of apoptosis, they can be programmed to die. more...

  • Radiation Toxicologyby Jolyon H. Hendry; Brian I. Lord

    CRC Press 1995; US$ 159.95

    This text covers every injury to the bone marrow which can occur from low and high doses of ionising radiation - for example, X-rays, gamma-rays and especially damaging types of radiation such as alpha-rays. more...