Clinical Trials and Developmental Therapeutics
17 Clinical Trials and Developmental Therapeutics Melissa C. Paoloni and David M. Vail Clinical research is essential to improving patient outcome and quality of life (QOL). This is never more…
Tumors of the Endocrine System
25 Tumors of the Endocrine System Katharine F. Lunn and Rodney L. Page Endocrine tumors may be classified as nonneoplastic hyperplasias, benign adenomas, or malignant carcinomas. These conditions represent points…
Cancer Immunotherapy
13 Cancer Immunotherapy Amanda M. Guth and Steven Dow The main role of the immune system is recognition of “foreign” proteins, including mutated or altered forms of self-proteins that arise…
Molecular Diagnostics
8 Molecular Diagnostics Anne C. Avery, Christine Olver, Chand Khanna and Melissa C. Paoloni Goals of Molecular Diagnostic Testing in Oncology Since the mid-1980s, advances in the fields of molecular…
Paraneoplastic Syndromes
5 Paraneoplastic Syndromes Philip J. Bergman Paraneoplastic syndromes (PNSs) are neoplasm-associated alterations in bodily structure and/or function that occur distant to the tumor. They are a diverse group of clinical…
Biopsy Principles
9 Biopsy Principles Nicole P. Ehrhart and Stephen J. Withrow A biopsy refers to a procedure that obtains a tissue specimen for microscopic (i.e., histopathologic) analysis to establish a precise…
Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer: The Good, the Bad, and the Dangerous
16 Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer The Good, the Bad, and the Dangerous Narda G. Robinson Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) constitutes a diverse and often controversial group of…
Surgical Oncology
10 Surgical Oncology James P. Farese and Stephen J. Withrow Complete surgical removal of localized cancer cures more cancer patients than any other form of treatment,1 in part because this…
Orthodontics
Chapter 9 Orthodontics The word orthodontics often is equated with unethical veterinary practices. Certainly, orthodontic manipulation can be used for unethical purposes. However, orthodontic treatment should not be performed to…
Endodontics
Chapter 7 Endodontics GENERAL COMMENTS • The pulp is the innermost part of the tooth. The functional cells of the pulp are the odontoblasts, which produce dentin throughout the life…
