Horizons in Cancer Research. Volume 57 : A Field Laboratory to Analyze Biological Response to Physical Forcing

This book presents original results on the leading edge of cancer research. Topics discussed include the emerging roles of the Sirtuin family in cancer; coping with pain in children with leukemia; chemotherapy induced peripheral neurotoxicity; historical evolution of conservative surgery of breast cancer; peripheral neuropathies especially in cancer patients; the important pitfalls in the diagnosis of cancer in the oral cavity using 18F-FDG-PET-CT; anthracyclines and cardiotoxicity; current therapies and latest developments in cancer treatment; and the genetic and epigenetic changes in thyroid cancer.