This book focuses on early diagnosis of the morphological changes in gastric mucosa, which are believed to be precursors for gastric cancer develop...

The incidence of gastric carcinoma is declining, but this form of cancer is still the fourth most common cause of malignancy world-wide and the sec...

Gastric cancer is one of the leading causes of malignancy-related deaths world-wide with differences in incidence and treatment patterns geographic...

Stomach cancer (also called "gastric cancer") is the growth of cancer cells in the lining and wall of the stomach. Stomach cancer represents roughl...

Gastrointestinal cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer worldwide. Gastrointestinal cancer is the cancer of different organs within...

Gastrointestinal cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer all around the globe. Gastrointestinal cancer is the cancer of different or...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the epidemiology, clinical features, radiology, classification, molecular genetics, diagnosis and tr...

Genes, which are carried on chromosomes, are the basic physical and functional units of heredity. Genes are specific sequences of bases that encode...

Genes, which are carried on chromosomes, are the basic physical and functional units of heredity. Genes are specific sequences of bases that encode...

Genes, which are carried on chromosomes, are the basic physical and functional units of heredity. Genes are specific sequences of bases that encode...

Acute myeloid leukaemia has emerged as a paradigm for the concept of the cancer stem cell. This hypothesis presumes that the disease is maintained ...

The nature of cancer disease, its probable causes, and the molecular and cellular mechanisms through which malignant tumours develop, have only rec...

Gentamicin is an aminoglycoside antibiotic naturally synthesised by Micromonospora, a Gram-positive genus of bacteria widely found in water and soi...

The Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1960 was awarded to two renowned scientists in Australia and Britain, Frank Macfarlane Burnet and Pet...

The brain has long been considered an immune privileged organ, meaning that inflammatory cells are excluded due to a relatively impenetrable blood ...

Glioblastoma is the most common and lethal primary brain tumor which exhibits clinical, radiological and pathological heterogenity. Despite advance...

In this book, the biology, current treatment modalities and new emerging therapeutic approaches and targets for glioma, a highly aggressive and inv...

Avian influenza, or 'bird flu', is a contagious disease of animals caused by viruses that normally infect only birds and, less commonly, pigs. Avia...

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) represent a global problem that has an impact on the reproductive and sexual health worldwide. The most comm...

Intensive research over the last fifteen years has yielded a vast expansion in our understanding of the role of inheritance and genetics in a varie...

Tissue stem cells are multipotent and maybe clonogenic. These characters are similar to those of the earliest progenitor cells of carcinomas. In th...

Macrophages are widely distributed innate immune cells, which play a pivotal role not only in the primary response to pathogens but also in adaptiv...

Prostate cancer is a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. It occurs when cells of the prostat...

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI). It affects genital and oral mucosa and is associated with cellular les...

Ovarian cancer is the third most diagnosed gynecologic cancer and the first leading cause of death from all of gynecological malignancies. High mor...

Over 50,000 new cases of head and neck cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States. The majority of these are squamous cell carcinoma (HNSC...

Heart disease is an umbrella term for a number of different diseases affecting the heart. As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the Unite...

Heart disease is an umbrella term for a number of different diseases affecting the heart. As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the Unite...

Helicobacter pylori is classified as a gram-negative, spiral and microaerophilic bacterium and considered one of the most common causes of gastric ...

Helper T Cells: Types, Functions and New Research presents current research in the Tfh cell research field with a special focus on the maintenance ...

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the transplantation of blood stem cells derived from the bone marrow (that is, bone marrow transp...

Primary human liver cancer, of which hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is by far the predominant type, is a major cause of cancer death world-wide, ac...

HCC is the most common primary cancer of the liver and according to the WHO report, the fourth commonest cause of death. The estimated incidence of...

The purpose of this book is to fill the gap in a largely neglected fundamental branch of biology and medicine that is now becoming a hot topic. Alt...

This book on Hirschsprung's disease (HD) contains a complete update on the various aspects of this disease. It is the collaboration of an internati...

The number of commercially available antibodies for the detection of biological markers, tumour markers, by immunohistochemistry or serological met...

In April 2010, Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) organised a forum to share experiences on implementing interven...

This book first discusses how depression and anxiety occur more frequently in people living with HIV/AIDS than in the general population. Anxiety a...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the diagnosis, treatments options and prognosis of both Hodgkin's and T-Cell lym...

Hodgkin's disease, sometimes called Hodgkin's lymphoma, is a cancer that starts in lymphatic tissue. Lymphatic tissue includes the lymph nodes and ...

This book presents original results on the leading edge of cancer research. Chapter One explains unanswered questions of contemporary oncology from...

"Horizons in Cancer Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of cancer research. Each article has been carefully selected i...

Horizons in Cancer Research presents original research results on the leading edge of cancer. Each article has been carefully selected in an attemp...

Horizons in Cancer Research presents original research results on the leading edge of cancer. Topics discussed include paclitaxel in chemotherapy a...

"Horizons in Cancer Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of cancer. Topics discussed include the treatment of brain met...