principles of lung cancer treatment

Lung cancer - The diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer pdf

Lung cancer - The diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer pdf

Ngày tải lên : 15/03/2014, 00:20
... men, who account for 60% of lung cancer cases. In women, lung cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death after breast cancer. Survival rates for lung cancer are very poor. In England, ... NICE Guideline – lung cancer 4 Introduction In England and Wales, nearly 29,000 deaths were attributed to lung cancer in 2002. Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death for men, ... research is needed into whether the use of low-dose CT in early diagnosis of patients at high risk of developing lung cancer has an effect on the mortality of lung cancer. A randomised trial should...
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Tài liệu Comparison of lung cancer cell lines representing four histopathological subtypes with gene expression profiling using quantitative real-time PCR pptx

Tài liệu Comparison of lung cancer cell lines representing four histopathological subtypes with gene expression profiling using quantitative real-time PCR pptx

Ngày tải lên : 15/02/2014, 04:20
... P, Warth A, Poustka A, Sültmann H, Hoffmann H: Global gene expression analysis reveals specific patterns of cell junctions in non-small cell lung cancer subtypes. Lung Cancer 2009, 63:32-8. 20. Kim ... Lee S: Clinical validity of the lung cancer biomarkers identified by bioinformatics analysis of public expression data. Cancer Res 2007, 67:7431-8. 21. Schwarte-Waldhoff I, Klein S, Blass-Kampmann ... metastasis [23], and S100P maybeadiagnosticmarkerofnon- small-cell lung cancer [30,31]. PLAU has also been examined in relation to lung cancer prognosis [32]. The set of 12 well-characteri zed cell lines...
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Báo cáo khoa học: Epidermal growth factor receptor-regulated miR-125a-5p – a metastatic inhibitor of lung cancer potx

Báo cáo khoa học: Epidermal growth factor receptor-regulated miR-125a-5p – a metastatic inhibitor of lung cancer potx

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 00:20
... invasion of lung cancer cells. Moreover, miR-125a- 5p regulated the expression of several downstream genes of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling. Importantly, examination of lung cancer samples ... subset of human lung cancers To gain further insights into the role of miR-125a-5p in lung carcinogenesis and to examine the clinical rele- vance of our findings, we investigated the expression of ... role in the etiology and progression of numerous epithelial malignancies, including lung cancer [4]. Moreover, the function of EGFR mutations in survival of lung cancer patients and clinical respones...
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The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: A Nested Case–Control Study of Lung Cancer and Diesel Exhaust pptx

The Diesel Exhaust in Miners Study: A Nested Case–Control Study of Lung Cancer and Diesel Exhaust pptx

Ngày tải lên : 22/03/2014, 17:20
... study is considerably larger (US miners: 198 lung cancer deaths out of a total of 278 041 person-years; German miners: 61 lung cancer deaths out of 152 557 person-years), and the US miners had ... Xuanwei, China (21), where lung cancer rates are high because of unvented indoor burning of coal for heating and cooking in homes (22). The effect of tobacco on lung cancer risk in that study ... effect of the interaction between cigarette smoking and diesel exhaust exposure on lung cancer risk. If our observation of attenuation of the smoking effect in the presence of high levels of diesel...
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Craniosynostoses Molecular Genetics, Principles of Diagnosis, and Treatment ppt

Craniosynostoses Molecular Genetics, Principles of Diagnosis, and Treatment ppt

Ngày tải lên : 28/03/2014, 22:20
... history of Saethre- Chotzen syndrome is especially interesting, both in terms of the presentation of the patients and in terms of Fig. 1. Drawing of a child (approximately 18 months of age) ... lack of cartilaginous segmentation at the base of A B C Fig. 4. Apert Syndrome. A Failure of cartilaginous segmentation of cervical vertebrae at 31 weeks of gestation. B, C Failure of cartilaginous ... determining the expression pat- terns of the IIIb and IIIc isoforms of each of these receptors [42]. In many areas of the embryo the IIIb and IIIc FGF receptor isoforms are associated with epithelial...
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Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 1) docx

Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 1) docx

Ngày tải lên : 07/07/2014, 01:20
... benefit. One of the challenges of cancer treatment is to use the various treatment modalities alone and together in a fashion that maximizes the chances for patient benefit. Cancer treatments ... attention to minimizing the toxicity of potentially toxic treatments becomes a significant goal. Irrespective of the clinical scenario, the guiding principle of cancer treatment should be primum succerrere, ... this "organ-like" behavior of tumors may provide additional clues to cancer control and treatment. treatment has the potential to cause harm, and treatment may be given that produces...
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Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 2) ppsx

Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 2) ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 07/07/2014, 01:20
... Principles of Cancer Surgery Surgery is used in cancer prevention, diagnosis, staging, treatment (for both localized and metastatic disease), palliation, and rehabilitation. Prophylaxis Cancer ... in those with pancolonic involvement with ulcerative colitis), the presence of Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 2) Figure 81-1 ... incisional biopsy is the procedure of second choice. A wedge of tissue is removed, and an effort is made to include the majority of the cross-sectional diameter of the tumor in the biopsy to minimize...
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Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 3) pps

Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 3) pps

Ngày tải lên : 07/07/2014, 01:20
... information for treatment planning and may determine the extent and nature of primary cancer treatment. Treatment Surgery is the most effective means of treating cancer. Today about 40% of cancer ... resection of certain tumors that would otherwise not be possible. Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 3) Staging As noted in Chap. 77, an important component of patient ... including local control of tumor, preservation of organ function, debulking that permits subsequent therapy to work better, and staging information on extent of involvement. Cancer surgery aiming...
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Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 4) pdf

Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 4) pdf

Ngày tải lên : 07/07/2014, 01:20
... Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 4) Palliation Surgery is employed in a number of ways for supportive care: insertion of central venous catheters, control of pleural and ... for recurrent pulmonary emboli, stabilization of cancer- weakened weight-bearing bones, and control of hemorrhage, among others. Surgical bypass of gastrointestinal, urinary tract, or biliary ... (Fig. 81-2). Plotting the fraction of surviving cells against doses of x-rays or gamma radiation, the curve has a shoulder that reflects the cell's repair of sublethal damage, followed by...
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Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 5) ppt

Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 5) ppt

Ngày tải lên : 07/07/2014, 01:20
... dose in the target volume is often the cause of complications to tissues in the transit volume, and the minimum dose in the target Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 5) Although ... include the D 0 of the tumor (the dose required to deliver an average of one lethal hit to all the cells in a population), the D q of the tumor (the threshold dose—a measure of the cell's ... basis of the amount of radiation absorbed in the patient; it is not based on the amount of radiation generated by the machine. The rad (radiation absorbed dose) is defined as 100 erg of energy...
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Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 6) ppsx

Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 6) ppsx

Ngày tải lên : 07/07/2014, 01:20
... breast cancer, Hodgkin's disease, head and neck cancer, prostate cancer, and gynecologic cancers. Radiation therapy can also palliate disease symptoms in a variety of settings: relief of bone ... dose of therapeutic radiation exists below which the incidence of second cancers is decreased. High rates of second tumors occur in people who receive as little as 1000 cGy. Chapter 081. Principles ... Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 6) Application to Patients Teletherapy Radiation therapy can be used alone or together with chemotherapy to produce cure of localized tumors and control of...
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Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 7) docx

Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 7) docx

Ngày tải lên : 07/07/2014, 01:20
... uncontrolled proliferation through the Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 7) Karnofsky was among the first to champion the evaluation of a chemotherapeutic agent's benefit by ... providing a basis for patients to make sensible choices. Cancer Drugs: Overview and Principles for Use Cancer drug treatments are of four broad types. Conventional chemotherapy agents were ... connotes disappearance of all tumor; progression of disease signifies an increase in size of existing lesions by >25% from baseline or best response or development of new lesions; and "stable"...
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