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Bone cancer : bone sarcomas and bone metastases - from bench to bedside / edited by Dominique Heymann.

Elsevier ScienceDirect eBook - Biomedical Science and Medicine 2021 Available online

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Heymann, Dominique, editor.
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:
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Other Format:
Print version: Bone cancer.
OCLC:
1265405202
Access Restriction:
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