Malignant Melanoma: Biology, Diagnosis, and Therapy
Where do you begin to look for a recent, authoritative article on the diagnosis or management of a particular malignancy? The few general oncology textbooks are generally out of date. Single papers in specialized journals are informative but seldom comprehensive; these are more often preliminary rep...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1988, 1988
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1988 |
| Series: | Cancer Treatment and Research
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Basic Biology and Immunology
- 1. Characteristics of cultured human melanocytes from different stages of tumor progression
- 2. Gangliosides as antigens of human melanoma
- II. Molecular genetics
- 3. The cytogenetics of human malignant melanoma and premalignant lesions
- 4. The ha-ras-1 oncogene and the molecular genetics of human melanoma
- III. Epidemiology
- 5. Epidemiologic aspects of intraocular malignant melanoma
- 6. Abnormal nevi, excess total nevi, and melanoma: an epidemiologic perspective
- IV. Diagnosis and Prognosis
- 7. Fine needle aspiration biopsy of metastatic melanoma
- 8. Radioimmunoimaging of malignant melanoma with monoclonal antibodies
- 9. Flow cytometry in melanoma
- V. Therapy
- 10. Randomized trials of heated perfusion of extremity melanoma
- 11. Vaccinia virus oncolysates in the treatment of malignant melanoma
- Appendix to Chapter 6