Biomarkers in cancer screening and early detection / edited by Sudhir Srivastava.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Srivastava, Sudhir, 1954- editor.

Series:

Translational oncology (Series)

Translational Oncology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tumor markers.

Cancer--Early detection.

Cancer.

Medical screening.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, 2017.

Summary:

Prepared by world leaders on this topic, Biomarkers in Cancer Screening and Early Detection offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art perspective on the various research and clinical aspects of cancer biomarkers, from their discovery and development to their validation, clinical utility, and use in developing personalized cancer treatment. * Offers a comprehensive, state-of-the-art perspective on the various research and clinical aspects of cancer biomarkers * Provides immediately actionable information - and hopefully also inspiration - to move discovery and clinical application forward * Offers vital knowledge to help develop personalized cancer treatment for individual patients with specific cancers

Contents:

Nuts and bolts of biomarker research / Sharmistha Ghosh and Sudhir Srivastava

Cancer genome methylation : biology, biomarker and therapeutic opportunities / Shashwat Sharad, Taduru Sreenath, Shiv Srivastava, and Albert Dobi

Microrna biomarkers for early detection of cancer / Wendy Wang, Matthew R. Young, and Sudhir Srivastava

Inflammation and cancer / Pamela L. Beatty, Sandra Cascio, and Olivera J Finn

Exosomes : a valuable biomedical tool in biomarker discovery and development / Jocelyn Lee, Sharmistha Ghosh, and Sudhir Srivastava

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) : clinical implications / Elisa CWoodhouse and Suresh Mohla

Breast cancer / Benjamin A. Katchman, Christos Patriotis, and Karen S Anderson

Ovarian cancer / Christos Patriotis, Archana Simmons, Karen H. Lu, Robert C. Bast, Jr, and Steven J. Skates

Esophageal cancer biomarkers / Yanxin Luo, Kishore Guda, Sanford Markowitz, Amitabh Chak, Andrew M Kaz, and William M Grady

Predictive biomarkers for therapy in adenocarcinoma of the upper digestive tract / Heath D Skinner, Qiongrong Chen, Elena Elimova, Roopma Wadhwa, Shumei Song, and Jaffer A Ajani

Pancreatic cancer / Sam CWang and Peter J Allen

Colon cancer / Paul DWagner

Prognosis and predictive biomarkers for colorectal cancer / Upender Manne, Balananda-Dhurjati Kumar Putcha, Temesgen Samuel, and Sudhir Srivastava

Early detection of lung cancer / Mohamed Hassanein, Melinda C. Aldrich, Stephen A. Deppen, Karl E. Krueger, Eric L. Grogan, and Pierre P. Massion

Commonalities in lung cancer and COPD / Malgorzata Wojtowicz and Eva Szabo

Prostate cancer / Jacob Kagan, Ian M. Thompson, and Daniel W. Chan

Improving the clinical validity of biomarker research in cancer detection / David F. Ransohoff

Cancer overdiagnosis, ramifications and research strategies / Barbara K. Dunn and Barnett S. Kramer

Predictive markers and driver genes from treatment trials : potential utility for early diagnosis / Brian S. Sorg, Sarfraz Memon, Kelly Y. Kim, Aniruddha Ganguly, Tracy Lively, James Tricoli, Magdalena Thurin, Lokesh Agrawal, Tawnya C. McKee, Barbara A. Conley, and J. Milburn Jessup

Statistical consideration in predictive and prognostic markers / Fei Ye and Yu Shyr

Clinical validation of molecular biomarkers in translational medicine / Harry B. Burke and William E. Grizzle

Cancer biomarker assays : performance standards / Anna K Fuzery and Daniel W. Chan

Bioethics and cancer biomarker research / Nathan Nobis, William Grizzle, and Stephen Sodeke

Colon cancer screening / Molly Perencevich, Jennifer Inra, and Sapna Syngal.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118468821

1118468821

9781118468838

111846883X

9781118468869

1118468864

OCLC:

986788799