The diagnosis and treatment of cancer can be a stressful and threatening experience, particularly for children. This book will shed light on the im...

Aims and Scope: Although penile cancer is uncommon in the industrialized world, it is highly prevalent in certain regions of the globe such as Sout...

The increasing number of small renal tumours being detected had led to the recent development of nephron-sparing surgery. Cryotherapy has become an...

Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of death among all gynecological neoplasms. Ovarian epithelial cancer represents approximately 90% of all o...

Natural products are the most successful source of drugs. Of the 877 small-molecule new chemical entities introduced between 1981 and 2002, roughly...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is currently clinically employed to treat several malignant and non-malignant diseases. With approvals for various appli...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a well-established clinical modality for cancer, cardiovascular, ophthalmic, dermatological, and dental diseases. PDT...

As a new concept of cancer treatment, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has gained great attention in the last few decades. Compared to classical treatmen...

This personal scientific memoir describes how a chance observation concerning artery disease in children with rare inherited abnormalities of metab...

This personal scientific memoir describes how a chance observation concerning artery disease in children with rare inherited abnormalities of metab...

With the rapid advancements in medical research, diagnostic technology and increased public health initiative and awareness, overall cancer death r...

Despite intensive work on molecular carcinogenic mechanisms and novel drug development, cancer has still remained an incurable disease. With the ho...

Cancer poses a major threat to human health and is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Today, we know that metastasis, a multistep proces...

Malaria is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases worldwide. Severe malaria leads to the death of close to two million individuals every yea...

Proceedings of the first European Symposium on platelet immunology held in Paris, Palais du Luxembourg (France), 1 to 2 March 1990.

This book is designed to highlight the current status and perspectives of application of polyhedral boron compounds and their metal complexes. The ...

Pilonidal disease is a chronic infection of the skin in the region of the buttock crease. The condition results from a reaction to hairs embedded i...

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare, genetic, multisystemic disorder, characterised by short stature, muscular hypotonia, intellectual disability...

A precancerous condition is a disease, syndrome, or finding that, if left untreated, may lead to cancer. These include: Cervix Dysplasia; Erythropl...

This book presents the latest research on advances in genetics, molecular medicine, biotechnologies, and behavioural sciences that have an impact o...

Q fever was first described in 1937 by Dr. Edward Holbrook Derrick among abattoir workers in Queensland (Australia). This worldwide zoonotic diseas...

Exploring prognostic and predictive response therapy factors in cancer disease is one of the most exciting issues of modern oncological science. Ta...

AIDS (Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome) has become a major world-wide epidemic. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By kill...

This book brings together the latest research in the battle against autism. According to numerous news reports, the increase in special needs child...

Bladder cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in men and the eighth most common in women. This book includes within its scope the prevent...

One of the main causes of failure in the treatment of cancer is the development of drug resistance by the cancer cells. The design of cancer chemot...

This book presents research on advances in genetics, molecular medicine, biotechnologies, and behavioural sciences that have an impact on primary, ...

Cancer is a group of different diseases (more than 100) characterised by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells. Cancer can arise in many...

Chemokines are the cytokines that may activate or chemoattract leukocytes. Each chemokine contains 65 ~ 120 amino acids, with molecular weight of 8...

Immunology is the study of the body's protection from foreign macromolecules or invading organisms and the responses to them. These invaders includ...

The process of inflammation, which causes the swelling and redness around a wound, is a vital part of the body's system for fighting off infections...

Malaria is an infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. It infects between 300 and 500 million people every year a...

An oncogene is a gene that can cause a cell to develop into a tumour cell, possibly resulting in cancer. A protooncogene is a gene that is involved...

Oral cancer is any cancerous tissue growth located in the mouth. It may arise as a primary lesion originating in any of the oral tissues, by metast...

SARS is an acronym for Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) which is a viral respiratory illness that was recognised as a global threat in Marc...

Three types of skin cancer account for nearly 100% of all diagnosed cases. Each of these three cancers begins in a different type of cell within th...

This new book is devoted to leading-edge research developments in lupus which is a condition of chronic inflammation caused by an autoimmune diseas...

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

Prolactinomas, tumors that produce prolactin (PRL), are one of the most frequent pituitary tumors and the main cause of pathological hyperprolactin...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common type of cancer in men (other than skin cancer). Of all the men who are diagnosed with cancer each year, m...

This book provides current information about cancer of the prostate. Each year, over 186,000 American men learn they have this disease. Prostate ca...

This book includes eight chapters of original research articles and six chapters of review articles, encompassing the latest advancements in detect...

Prostate cancer (PCa) is a disease with high incidence and prevalence. Early detection of PCa has been an area for research to decrease its morbidi...

Prostate cancer (PCa) is a disease with high incidence and prevalence. It is the most common non-cutaneous malignancy among men in the U.S. Discove...

The incidence of prostate cancer in men is very high worldwide, being the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the USA. It is the second most common c...