Editors:
- Provides a frame of reference for practitioners and scientists to accomodate emerging information about cancer and aging
- Conveys a way of thinking about cancer and aging and their interactions that will be maintained even when current biological and clinical information is dated
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 124)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Biological Basis of Geriatric Oncology highlights research issues that are specific to geriatric oncology in the field of carcinogenesis and cancer prevention and treatment, based on the biologic interactions of cancer and age. It illustrates the benefit of the principles of geriatrics in the management of cancer in the older individual.
This volume provides a frame of reference for practicioners of any specialties involved in the management of older patients and for oncologists involved in the management of cancer of older individuals. It is a source for basic and clinical scientists exploring the interactions and emerging information of cancer and aging.
Editors and Affiliations
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University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, USA
Lodovico Balducci, Martine Extermann
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Senior Adult Oncology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, USA
Lodovico Balducci, Martine Extermann
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biological Basis of Geriatric Oncology
Editors: Lodovico Balducci, Martine Extermann
Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b104030
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-23961-3Published: 07 December 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-9886-5Published: 01 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-23962-0Published: 14 June 2006
Series ISSN: 0927-3042
Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 258
Topics: Oncology, Medical Biochemistry, Primary Care Medicine, Geriatrics/Gerontology