1 option
Bone cancer : bone sarcomas and bone metastases - from bench to bedside / edited by Dominique Heymann.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bones--Cancer.
- Bones.
- Bone metastasis.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and color)
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Academic Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Bone Cancer
- Bone Cancer: Bone Sarcomas and Bone Metastases
- From Bench to Bedside
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword I
- Foreword II
- Foreword III
- Preface
- I
- Basic Aspects of Bone Cancers
- Epidemiology of Bone Cancers
- 1
- Cancer: lessons to learn from the past
- Introduction
- Who studies cancer(s) in ancient people(s)?
- How do we recognize cancer in the past?
- What do we know about the past of cancer? a global perspective
- Documental evidence
- Bioarchaeological evidence
- Lessons from case-driven research
- Lessons from population-driven research
- Limits and pitfalls of paleo-oncology
- Conclusion and perspectives
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 2
- Epidemiology of primary bone tumors and economical aspects of bone metastases
- Incidence of primary bone tumors
- Age
- Gender
- Site distribution
- Incidence of bone tumors as a secondary event
- Racial differences in incidence of primary bone tumors
- Incidence of bone metastases
- Pathology of bone metastases
- Cost of illness
- Economic burden of bone metastasis
- Conclusions
- References
- II
- Animal Models of Bone Cancers
- 3
- Mammalian models of bone sarcomas
- Models based on the inoculation of cancer cells and the implantation of tumor fragments
- Genetically engineered animal models
- Conclusion
- 4
- In vivo models used in studies of bone metastases
- Models used in the studies of breast cancer bone metastases (Table 4.1)
- Xenograft models
- Intracardiac injection
- Mechanisms of bone metastasis formation
- Effects of therapies
- Intravenous/intra-arterial injection
- Mechanisms of bone metastasis formation
- Intraosseous implantation
- Syngeneic models
- In vivo models of prostate cancer bone metastases (Table 4.2)
- Intratibial implantation
- Mechanisms of metastasis
- Orthotopic implantation
- Modeling metastasis to/in human bone (Table 4.3)
- Murine models of myeloma-induced bone disease (Table 4.4)
- Syngeneic murine models of MM
- The 5T series of MM models
- The 5T2 syngeneic model of MM
- Tumor homing, colonization, and development
- The effects of therapies
- The 5T33 syngeneic model of MM (reduce)
- The 5TGM1 syngeneic model of MM
- Transgenic models of MM
- Xenograft models of MM
- SCID-xenograft models of MM
- Tumor homing, colonization, and development
- Notes:
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Bone cancer.
- OCLC:
- 1265405202
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.