Cancer Prevention
This volume contains the main proceedings of the fourth international conference on "Cancer Prevention 2006," which was held during February 16{u2013}18, 2006, in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Written by international experts in the field, the book comprises a comprehensive update on the most r...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2007.
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| Colección: | Recent Results in Cancer Research ;
174. Springer eBooks. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32886664*spi |
| Sumario: | This volume contains the main proceedings of the fourth international conference on "Cancer Prevention 2006," which was held during February 16{u2013}18, 2006, in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Written by international experts in the field, the book comprises a comprehensive update on the most recent developments in the upsurging fields of molecular biology and cancer genetics and their interactions with clinical epidemiology and cancer prevention at various levels: genetic/biologic predisposition and definition of high-risk groups; preclinical models and tumor prevention; prospects of surrogate endpoints and biomarkers; progress in imaging and detection of neoplastic precursor lesions; problems with Cox-2 inhibitors in tumor chemoprevention; primary and secondary prevention of gynecological, breast, gastrointestinal and genitourinary cancers. In addition, the future prospects of cancer chemoprevention are discussed. |
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| Descripción Física: | XIV, 250 p., 60 il., 24 il. col |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9783540376965 |
