Tumour markers are molecules occurring in blood or tissue that are associated with cancer, and whose measurement or identification is useful in pat...

A tumour suppressor gene is a gene that reduces the probability that a cell in a multicellular organism will turn into a tumor cell. A mutation or ...

Cancer is a devastating disease lacking an exact treatment. Recent advances in genetics and biotechnology have provided a deeper understanding of c...

Breast cancer is characterised by the accumulation of genetic alterations, including point mutations and loss of entire DNA regions ("loss of heter...

A tumour suppresser gene, or anti-oncogene, is a gene that protects a cell from one step on the path to cancer. When this gene is mutated to cause ...

Tumourigenesis is the formation of tumours in the body, often caused by oncogenes. These tumours are the result of uncontrollable reproduction (cel...

Auto-immune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjögren's syndrome, psoriasis, scleroderma (SSc) and myositis are heterogeneous di...

Diagnosis can be a deep investigative process, complex by nature. The diagnostic processes have become much more multidisciplinary, demanding the u...

The human life is considered most vital of all the living creatures on Earth because humans are bestowed with the highest level of cognition. One c...

Outbreaks of infectious diseasesâ€such as Ebola, Zika, and pandemic virusesâ€have raised concerns from Congress about how federal agencies use mode...

Vaccines are crucial to maintaining public health. They are a safe, cost-effective, and efficient way to prevent sickness and death from infectious...

Vaccinations are the administration of antigenic materials to produce immunity to a disease. Vaccines can prevent or ameliorate the effects of infe...

Vaccines play an essential role in keeping humans and animals healthy. The vaccine has been one of the most important interventions designed to bot...

Measles is still the cause of disease and even death around the world, and with the modern widespread travel around the globe, it can be spread fro...

In recent months, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread globally, with the United States now reporting the highest number of ...

Viruses have been linked to approximately 15 to 20% of all human tumours world-wide and their empire is expanding over the years. While histopathol...

Viral infection is a disease caused by micro-organisms, which invade a living cell and use its mechanisms to reproduce. Viruses need to colonise a ...

This book reviews the world literature on elapsed times in the management of early breast cancer, with a particular focus on an amazingly wide vari...

The opening study included in West Nile Virus: Outbreaks, Control and Prevention Strategies aims to design and implement an efficient data-driven a...

By the end of 1997, more than 1.3 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed, and it is estimated that two of every three American families will...

This book presents an in-depth overview of the medical, psychosocial and sexuality issues that confront women affected by cancer.

The author was motivated to write this important book because currently there is no systematically-written document on the ZIKV disease, which coul...