Download or read book NCCN Guidelines for Patients Neuroendocrine Tumors written by National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) and published by . This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [OFFICIAL CURRENT VERSION] From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) comes this essential guide to Neuroendocrine Tumors. Based on clinical treatment guidelines used by doctors and oncology professionals around the world, these NCCN Guidelines for Patients help patients and caregivers talk with their doctors and make treatment decisions. Topics include: Neuroendocrine basics, Testing, Treatment options, NETs of the GI tract, Pulmonary NETs, NETs of the pancreas, Other NETs, Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, Making treatment decisions, Words to know, NCCN Contributors, NCCN Cancer Centers, Index . Let this authoritative handbook be your guide!
Download or read book NCCN Guidelines for Patients written by National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [OFFICIAL CURRENT VERSION] From the medical leaders of 27 leading cancer centers united under the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), comes this essential guide to Neuroendocrine Cancer. Adapted from clinical treatment guidelines used by physicians and oncology professionals around the world, these NCCN Guidelines for Patients® are packed with the latest information and resources. Each patient-friendly chapter prepares patients and caregivers to talk with their doctors and make treatment decisions. Let this authoritative handbook be your guide!Part 1: Neuroendocrine tumors - Describes how and where neuroendocrine tumors can start in the body.Part 2: Testing for neuroendocrine tumors - Discusses tests used to confirm (diagnose) neuroendocrine tumors.Part 3: Overview of cancer treatments - Describes the different types of treatments used for neuroendocrine tumors.Part 4: Treatment guide: Neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract (carcinoid tumors) - Presents a treatment guide for neuroendocrine tumors that start in the jejunum, ileum, colon, duodenum, rectum, appendix, and stomach.Part 5: Treatment guide: Neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus, lungs, and bronchi (carcinoid tumors) - Presents a treatment guide for neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus, lungs, and airways that lead to the lungs.Part 6: Treatment guide: Neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas - Presents a treatment guide for neuroendocrine tumors that start in the islet cells of the pancreas.Part 7: Treatment guide: Other neuroendocrine tumors - Presents a treatment guide for neuroendocrine tumors of an unknown primary, and well-differentiated or poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinomas.Part 8: Making treatment decisions - Offers tips for choosing the best treatment for you.A complete glossary with dictionary and acronyms completes this guide.
Download or read book Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors written by Joseph R. Pisegna and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the reader with a multidisciplinary approach that is state of the art and reflects input from the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society and the North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society. In particular, the text focuses on the pathophysiology of neuroendocrine tumors and includes a comprehensive review of the most recent developments in understanding the complex hormone and receptor signaling that is important for the future development of potent pharmacological treatments. The volume reviews the pathological grading and staging systems providing useful clinical information for the treating clinician as well as a useful reference for pathologists. The clinical management of neuroendocrine tumors is reviewed enabling the treating physician to understand the diagnostic approaches to differentiating the various types of neuroendocrine tumors. In addition, the treatments are reviewed in great detail and include novel radiological, surgical, and chemotherapeutic approaches. The reader will utilize this book as both a comprehensive and quick reference guide through the use of diagnostic and treatment algorithms. Written by international experts in their particular field of study, Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors will be of great value to medical oncologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, pathologists, surgeons, and diagnostic and interventional radiologists.
Download or read book NCCN Guidelines for Patients Small Cell Lung Cancer written by National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [OFFICIAL CURRENT VERSION] From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) comes this essential guide to Small Cell Lung Cancer. Based on clinical treatment guidelines used by doctors and oncology professionals around the world, these NCCN Guidelines for Patients help patients and caregivers talk with their doctors and make treatment decisions. Topics include: Lung cancer basics, Lung cancer staging, Tests for lung cancer, Initial treatment, Surveillance and subsequent treatment, Making treatment decisions, Words to know, NCCN Contributors, NCCN Cancer Centers. Let this authoritative handbook be your guide!
Download or read book But You Look so Good written by Maria J. Gonzalez and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But You Look So Good - Stories from Carcinoid Cancer Survivors and the basics of Neuroendocrine cancers. This book shares the intimate stories of those living with a poorly understood neuroendocrine cancer and the time it takes to find a correct diagnosis; sometimes years! The book demonstrates how those afflicted with this cancer cope with the myriad symptoms of this great masquerader cancer. Supported by loved ones, the valiant struggles to obtain a correct diagnosis and effective treatments will give the reader a dramatic first-hand look into how our healthcare system often fails to serve each of us, regardless of illness. More importantly, the stories show the reader how those with this cancer cope. The book also offers information on the various types of this cancer, tests, markers, and scans relevant to NE cancer, as well as tips on how to manage symptoms, side effects of medications, complimentary alternative medicine, quality of life issues, nutrition, and coping. It offers hope, strength, and inspiration to those with this cancer, as well as to their care-givers and all involved with them.
Download or read book Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy written by Simon S. Lo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) has emerged as an important innovative treatment for various primary and metastatic cancers. This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the physical/technological, biological, and clinical aspects of SBRT. It will serve as a detailed resource for this rapidly developing treatment modality. The organ sites covered include lung, liver, spine, pancreas, prostate, adrenal, head and neck, and female reproductive tract. Retrospective studies and prospective clinical trials on SBRT for various organ sites from around the world are examined, and toxicities and normal tissue constraints are discussed. This book features unique insights from world-renowned experts in SBRT from North America, Asia, and Europe. It will be necessary reading for radiation oncologists, radiation oncology residents and fellows, medical physicists, medical physics residents, medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, and cancer scientists.
Download or read book NCCN Guidelines for Patients Cervical Cancer written by National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) and published by . This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [OFFICIAL CURRENT VERSION] From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) comes this essential guide to Cervical Cancer. Based on clinical treatment guidelines used by doctors and oncology professionals around the world, these NCCN Guidelines for Patients help patients and caregivers talk with their doctors and make treatment decisions. Topics include: Cervical cancer basics, Testing and staging, Types of treatment, Treatment for common types, Treatment for neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix, Survivorship, Making treatment decisions, Words to know, NCCN Contributors, NCCN Cancer Centers, Index.
Download or read book NCCN Guidelines for Patients Invasive Breast Cancer written by National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [OFFICIAL CURRENT VERSION] From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) comes this essential guide to Invasive Breast Cancer. Based on clinical treatment guidelines used by doctors and oncology professionals around the world, these NCCN Guidelines for Patients help patients and caregivers talk with their doctors and make treatment decisions. Topics include: Breast cancer basics, Testing for breast cancer, Breast cancer staging, Treating breast cancer, Surgery first, Preop treatment first, The breast after surgery, Recurrence, Making treatment decisions, Words to know, NCCN Contributors, NCCN Cancer Centers, Index
Download or read book The Human Hypothalamus written by Dick F. Swaab and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-07-04 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Human Hypothalamus: Neuroendocrine Disorders, Volume 181 in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, provides comprehensive summaries of recent research on the brain and nervous system as they relate to clinical neurology. This volume summarizes the role of the hypothalamus in neuroendocrine disorders, identifying the mechanism of action, disorder etiology, and best practices for assessment and treatment. Disorders covered include pituitary hypothalamic disorders of development and growth, hypothalamic tumor related disorders, hypothalamic autoimmune disorders and infection, disorders of vasopressin, water and sodium homeostasis, eating disorders, and gonadotropic hormone regulation disorders. Discusses the importance of the hypothalamus in human growth and development Reviews hypothalamic related tumors, as well as pituitary, autoimmune, vasopressin and hormone regulation disorders Includes metabolic and eating disorders Identifies mechanisms of disease action and etiology Provides best practice information for assessment and treatment
Download or read book NCCN Guidelines for Patients Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Early and Locally Advanced written by National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) and published by . This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [OFFICIAL CURRENT VERSION] From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) comes this essential guide to Efectos secundarios de la inmunoterapia Inhibidores del punto de control inmunitario. Based on clinical treatment guidelines used by doctors and oncology professionals around the world, these NCCN Guidelines for Patients help patients and caregivers talk with their doctors and make treatment decisions. Topics include:Efectos secundarios de la inmunoterapia: aspectos básicos, Piel, Fatiga, Intestino e hígado, Hormonas, Pulmones, Músculos y articulaciones, Efectos secundarios menos comunes, Recursos, Palabras que debe saber, Colaboradores de NCCN, Centros oncológicos de NCCN, Índice.
Download or read book NCCN Guidelines for Patients Adrenal Tumors written by National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) and published by . This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [OFFICIAL CURRENT VERSION] From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) comes this essential guide to Adrenal Tumors. Based on clinical treatment guidelines used by doctors and oncology professionals around the world, these NCCN Guidelines for Patients help patients and caregivers talk with their doctors and make treatment decisions. Topics include: Adrenal basics, Testing, Treatment overview, Primary aldosteronism (Conn syndrome), Hypercortisolism (Cushing syndrome), Adrenocortical carcinoma, Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma, Making treatment decisions, Words to know, NCCN Contributors, NCCN Cancer Centers, Index. Let this authoritative handbook be your guide!
Download or read book Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma written by Shahrokh F. Shariat and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-13 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma represents the first book of its kind to be dedicated solely to UTUC. It's aim is to improve understanding and eventually care of a disease that is greatly understudied and underappreciated, yet commonly dealt with by many medical and urologic oncologists. The volume features new data regarding genetic susceptibility, gene expression studies and causative factors; contemporary concepts and controversies regarding diagnosis and staging of UTUC; prediction tools and their value in treatment decisions within each disease stage and patient selection and treatment options such as endoscopic management, distal ureterectomy, radical nephroureterectomy and chemotherapy. Up-to-date information regarding boundaries of surgical resection, indication and extent of lymphadenectomy is covered as well as the role of perioperative/neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with high-risk UTUC. Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma will be of great value to all Urologists, Medical Oncologists and fellows in Urologic Oncology as well as upper level residents in training in Urology and Medical Oncology.
Download or read book Neuroendocrine Tumors Review of Pathology Molecular and Therapeutic Advances written by Aejaz Nasir and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive subspecialty reference book on NeuroEndocrine Tumor (NET) pathology brings together the diagnostic and clinical expertise of an outstanding team of practicing neuroendocrine pathologists and oncologists. In addition to in-depth coverage of clinico-pathologic aspects of NETs of the various organ systems, the recent histological grading and staging schemes proposed by the North American and European NeuroEndocrine Tumor Societies (NANETS, ENETS), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), this book also focuses on the recent molecular and therapeutic advances in the field of NET pathology and oncology. Neuroendocrine Tumors: Review of Pathology, Molecular and Therapeutic Advances will be an essential reference book for anatomic pathology (histopathology) residents, fellows, surgical pathologists, researchers, oncologists, surgeons and other medical professionals practicing advanced NET Pathology and Oncology in academia, community, private practice and research settings.
Download or read book NCCN Guidelines for Patients written by National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [OFFICIAL CURRENT VERSION] From the medical leaders of 27 leading cancer centers united under the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), comes this essential guide to Metastatic Breast Cancer. Adapted from clinical treatment guidelines used by physicians and oncology professionals around the world, these NCCN Guidelines for Patients® are packed with the latest information, treatment innovations, and resources. Each patient-friendly chapter prepares patients and caregivers to talk with their doctors and make treatment decisions. Let this authoritative handbook be your guide!Part 1: Breast cancer basics - Explains breast cancer and staging.Part 2: Treatment planning - Describes how doctors plan treatment.Part 3: Treatment guide - Presents treatment options based on the features of the cancer.Part 4: Making treatment decisions - Offers tips for choosing the best treatment.A complete glossary with dictionary and acronyms completes this book.
Download or read book The Good Looking Cancer written by Bob Walsh and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a must for all those with neuroendocrine cancer. Neuroendocrine cancer has been called the "Good Looking Cancer" since the tumors give off hormones gives the patient an improved appearance. As a NET cancer patient, Bob Walsh, has compiled this invaluable resource filled with vital information, treatment alternatives, knowledgeable oncologists, references, glossary of terms, and the importance of faith as documented by two miracles. He describes everything he has experienced and learned first-hand about this deadly, rare cancer. Bob Walsh decided to write this book when he learned in 2017 that he had something in common with celebrities like Steve Jobs, Aretha Franklin, John Wayne, the great NFL running back, Walter Payton, Betty Davis and others - we all had the rare, incurable neuroendocrine cancer. To his dismay, he soon discovered there was relatively little information or understanding of this deadly disease ... and there were few doctors or oncologists who had any experience with it. Bob went about learning everything he could while he has been studied and treated at seven leading cancer centers in America. This book is an absolute must for those who have neuroendocrine cancer, their doctors, caregivers, family and friends.
Download or read book NCCN Guidelines for Patients written by National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OFFICIAL CURRENT VERSION] From the medical leaders of 28 leading cancer centers united under the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), comes this essential guide to Invasive Breast Cancer. Adapted from clinical treatment guidelines used by physicians and oncology professionals around the world, these NCCN Guidelines for Patients are packed with the latest information, treatment innovations, and resources about diagnosis and treatment. Each patient-friendly chapter prepares patients and caregivers to talk with their doctors and make treatment decisions. Let this authoritative handbook be your guide!Part 1: Breast cancer basics. Explains breast cancer and staging.Part 2: Treatment planning. Describes how doctors plan treatment.Part 3: Preoperative therapy. Explains who may have drug treatment before surgery.Part 4: Surgery. Presents options for removing the cancer and rebuilding breasts.Part 5: Adjuvant therapy. Presents options for stopping breast cancer from coming back.Part 6: Follow-up and recurrence. Presents options for long-term health care and if the cancer returns.Part 7: Making treatment decisions. Offers tips for choosing the best treatment.A complete glossary with dictionary and acronyms completes this book.
Download or read book NCCN Guidelines for Patients Bladder Cancer written by National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [OFFICIAL CURRENT VERSION] From the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) comes this essential guide to Bladder Cancer. Based on clinical treatment guidelines used by doctors and oncology professionals around the world, these NCCN Guidelines for Patients help patients and caregivers talk with their doctors and make treatment decisions. Topics include: Bladder cancer basics, Tests for bladder cancer, Staging and grading, Treatment options for bladder cancer, Treatment for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, Treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, Treatment for metastatic bladder cancer, Supportive care and other assistance, Making treatment decisions, Words to know, NCCN Contributors, NCCN Cancer Centers, Index.
