Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis

1. Role of RNA Interference in Understanding the Molecular Basis of Cancer
Jeffrey P. MacKeigan, L. Alex Gaither

2. Cancer Biomarkers (An Overview)
William C. S. Cho

3. Tumor Angiogenesis in Cancers: Expression of CD105 Marker
Osamu Tokunaga, Rahmawati Minhajat, Daisuke Mori

4. Spindle Cell Oncocytoma of the Adenohypophysis: Integrated Clinicopathologic Diagnosis by Imaging, Histology, and Immunohistochemistry
Istvan Vajtai, Rahel Sahli

5. Disseminated Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Site: Detection with F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography
Pascal Sève, John R. Mackey

6. Unknown Lymphadenopathy: Diagnosing Using an Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy
Ichiro Yasuda

7. Pretargeted Radioimmunotherapy in Cancer: An Overview
Stefano Papi, Chiara Grana Grana, Mirco Bartolomei, Laura Ravasi, Marta Cremonesi, Mahila Ferrari, Luigi Martano, Lucia Garaboldi, Marco Chinol, Giovanni Paganelli

8. Chemotherapy-Induced Neurotoxicity
Susanna B. Park, Matthew C. Kiernan

9. Multidrug Resistance
Ernesto Yagüe, Selina Raguz

10. Role of Antibodies in Cancer Treatment (An Overview)
Huguette Albrecht

11. Incorporating Pharmacogenomics into Cancer Therapy
Wooin Lee, A. Craig Lockhart

12. Cancer Stem Cells: An Overview
Eiichi Morii, Katsuyuki Aozasa

13. Translating In Vitro Cell Lines Result into Clinical Practice
Jai Prakash Mehta, Lorraine O’Driscoll, Niall Barron, Martin Clynes, Padraig Doolan

14. Classification of Cancer Stage Using Patient’s Immune System
P. Pellegrini, I. Contasta, A. M. Berghella, T. Del Beato, D. Adorno

15. Late Relapse of Germ Cell Malignancies: Incidence, Management, and Prognosis
Jan Oldenburg, Sophie D. Fossa

16. Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Therapy with Fusaric Acid/Paclitaxel
Brendan C. Stack, Brett Clarke, Joshua McElderry, Yeumeng Dai, Jian-Hui Ye

17. Early Stage Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Use of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 as a Risk Factor for Poor Diagnosis
N. G. Shah, T. I. Trivedi

18. Salivary Gland Tumors: Preoperative Tissue Characterization with Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Mapping
Takashi Nakamura, Misa Sumi, Marc Cauteren

19. Role of Human Papillomavirus in Tonsillar Cancer
Eva Munck-Wikland, Lalle Hammarstedt, Hanna Dahlstrand

20. Quantitative Reverse Transcription–Polymerase Chain Reaction Based Assessment of the Candidate Biomarkers for Tongue Cancer Metastasis
Xiaofeng Zhou, Tianwei Yu, David T. Wong

21. Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (Retropharyngeal Lymph Node Metastasis): Spread Pattern, Prognosis, and Staging
Li Li, Li-Zhi Liu

22. Retinoblastoma: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognosis
Aubin Balmer, Francis Munier, Leonidas Zografos

23. Molecular Genetics of Thyroid Cancer
Deanne King, Donald Bodenner, Brendan C. Stack

24. Thyroid Cancer: Identification of Gene Expression Markers for Diagnosis
Obi L. Griffith, Adrienne Melck, Steven J. M. Jones, Sam M. Wiseman

25. Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Use of HBME1 and CK19 as Diagnostic Markers
Michel R. Nasr, Sanjay Mukhopadhyay

26. Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Detection of Copy Gain of Platelet Derived Growth Factor B Using Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization in Combination with Laser Capture Microdissection
Stephen P. Finn, John J. O’Leary, Orla M. Sheils

27. PET Imaging in Thyroid Carcinoma
H. H. G. Verbeek, T. T. H. Phan, A. H. Brouwers, K. P. Koopmans, T. P. Links

28. Metastasized Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Detection and Therapy Using Radiolabeled Gastrin Analogs
Martin Gotthardt, Lioe-Fee Geus-Oei, Thomas M. Behr, Martin Béhé

29. Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Prognosis based on Stage of Disease and Age
Tracy S. Wang, Julie Ann Sosa, Sanziana A. Roman

30. Overexpression of the Components of the Plasminogen Activating System as Prognostic Factors in Human Thyroid Carcinoma
Enke Baldini, Salvatore Ulisse, Massimino D’Armiento

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