Overview
- The state-of-the-art on cancer from different perspectives
- Topics go from fundamental research to the translational application into the clinic
- Targeted therapies in cancer models such as breast cancer or lung cancer are minutely detailed
- Examples of multidisciplinary fights against cancer
- First-line European projects described
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 587)
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About this book
It is difficult to imagine anyone who has not heard of cancer. This disease can affect families, friends or any one of us at any time in our lives. Every year nearly 3 million Europeans are diagnosed with cancer, leading to around 800,000 deaths per year. These deaths occur not only in aging populations, but also in children and adults who are in the most active period of their lives. This represents a tremendous problem that cannot be ignored by politicians or citizens. Fortunately, there is a constantly growing awareness that although cancer is a problem to be dealt with by clinicians, it should also be the concern of everyone. This volume contains the lectures held at the International Symposium on Cancer "New Trends in Cancer for the 21st Century". Fundamental researchers, politicians and representatives from patient coalitions share here their knowledge and interests as well as their concerns and experiences. Not only do these papers provide state-of-the-art information on cancer, they are also an opportunity to look at the problem from different points of view. It can be encouraging to realise that we are not alone in this fight.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Trends in Cancer for the 21st Century
Editors: Antonio Llombart-Bosch, Vicente Felipo, José Antonio López-Guerrero
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5133-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4966-8Published: 27 September 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7239-9Published: 18 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5133-3Published: 28 September 2006
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXIV, 396
Additional Information: Originally published as volume 532 in the series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Topics: Oncology, Biomedicine general, Cancer Research, Pathology, Molecular Medicine, Biotechnology