Cancer Metastasis And The Lymphovascular System: Basis For Rational Therapy

1. Landmarks and Advances in Translational Lymphology
Marlys H. Witte, Kimberly Jones, Michael Bernas, Charles L. Witte

2. Embryonic Development of the Lymphovascular System and Tumor Lymphangiogenesis
Jörg Wilting, Maria Papoutsi, Kerstin Buttler, Jürgen Becker

3. Lymphatic Origin from Embryonic Stem Cells
Michael Dictor, Sofia Mebrahtu, Manuel Selg, Zerina Lokmic, Lydia Sorokin

4. Lymphatic Markers, Tumour Lymphangiogenesis and Lymph Node Metastasis
David G. Jackson

5. Anatomy of the Human Lymphatic System
Mauro Andrade, Alfredo Jacomo

6. SPECT–CT Fusion Imaging Radionuclide Lymphoscintigraphy: Potential for Limb Lymphedema Assessment and Sentinel Node Detection In Breast Cancer
Alain P. Pecking, W. Wartski, R. V. Cluzan, D. Bellet, J. L. Albérini

7. Sentinel Node Identification using Radionuclides in Melanoma and Breast Cancer
Edwin Glass

8. Targeted Introduction of Substances into the Lymph Nodes for Endolymphatic Therapy
Peter Hirnle

9. Mechanisms of Metastasis: Seed and Soil
Adriano Piris, Martin C. Mihm

10. Preclinical Models of Regional Lymph Node Tumor Metastasis
S. David Nathanson

11. A New Breast Cancer Model for Lymphatic Metastasis
Michael M. Lizardo, Ian C. MacDonald, Alan B. Tuck, Ann F. Chambers

12. Lymph Node Micrometastases in Lung Cancer
Katharina E. Effenberger, Wulf Sienel, Klaus Pantel

13. Effects of Chemokines on Tumor Metastasis
Hiroya Takeuchi, Minoru Kitago, David S. B. Hoon

14. Regional Lymph Node Metastases, a Singular Manifestation of the Process of Clinical Metastases in Cancer: Contemporary Animal Research And Clinical Reports Suggest Unifying Concepts
Blake Cady

15. Patterns of Metastatsis in Head and Neck Cancer
Jochen A. Werner

16. Patterns of Metastasis in Human Solid Cancers
Stanley P. L. Leong, Blake Cady, David M. Jablons, Julio Garcia-Aguilar, Douglas Reintgen, Jochen A. Werner, Yuko Kitagawa

17. Significance of Regional Draining Lymph Nodes in the Development of Tumor Immunity: Implications for Cancer Immunotherapy
Rongxiu Zheng, Jorgen Kjaergaard, Walter T. Lee, Peter A. Cohen, Suyu Shu

18. Targeting Small Molecules in Cancer
Harold J. Wanebo, David Berz, Anthony Mega

19. Update on the Role of EGFR Inhibitors in Cancer Therapeutics
Michalis V. Karamouzis, Athanassios Argiris

20. New Promises in the Adjuvant, and Palliative Treatment of Melanoma
Claus Garbe, Selma Ugurel, Katharina C. Kähler, Axel Hauschild, Dirk Schadendorf

21. Future Perspectives and Unanswered Questions on Cancer Metastasis and the Lymphovascular System
Stanley P. L. Leong, Marlys H. Witte

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Oncology, Hematology