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Perioperative Inflammation as Triggering Origin of Metastasis Development

  • Will thoroughly explain previously unconnected clinical date such as why mammography works better for women age 50-59 than for women age 40-49;

  • Will explore why adjuvant chemotherapy works best for premenopausal patients with positive lymph nodes and may also explain the racial disparity in outcome;

  • Focuses on post-operative inflammation and its role in metastatic relapse.

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. The Natural History of Breast Cancer

    • Michael Baum
    Pages 1-18
  3. Perioperative Inflammation as Triggering Origin of Metastasis Development

    • Michael W. Retsky, Romano Demicheli
    Pages 19-53
  4. Peri-operative Shift in Angiogenesis-Related Factors in Breast Cancer Patients

    • Georgios K. Georgiou, Evangelos Briasoulis
    Pages 55-81
  5. Circulating Tumor Cells as Predictive Marker in Metastatic Disease

    • Mazen A. Juratli, Dmitry A. Nedosekin, Mustafa Sarimollaoglu, Eric R. Siegel, Ekaterina I. Galanzha, Vladimir P. Zharov
    Pages 109-122
  6. Randomized Clinical Trials on Breast Cancer in Nigeria and Other Developing Countries: Challenges and Constraints

    • Osaro Erhabor, Frank Udomah, Yakubu Abdulrahaman, Isaac Zama, Momodu Imoru, Teddy Charles Adias et al.
    Pages 123-159
  7. The Impact of Wound Inflammation on Cancer Progression: Studies in Fish and Patients

    • Marie Louise Bønnelykke-Behrndtz, Henrik Schmidt, Yi Feng, Paul Martin
    Pages 183-199
  8. Long Term Consequences of Acute Inflammation in Cancer Surgery

    • Patrice Forget, Marc De Kock
    Pages 201-208
  9. Cancer: Nurture and Nature

    • Romano Demicheli
    Pages 209-225

About this book

The book will explain previously unconnected clinical data such as why mammography works better for women age 50-59 than it does for women age 40-49, why adjuvant chemotherapy works best for premenopausal patients with positive lymph nodes, and it may also explain the racial disparity in outcome. In particular, it points to the perioperative period when systemic inflammation persists for a week or so. This can lead to a variety of mechanisms whereby single cancer cells (perhaps from the marrow) begin division and angiogenesis of dormant avascular micrometastases occurs leading to early relapses.

With chapters presented from distinguished scientists and physicians in a variety of specialties that relate to and border the effects we present, this volume can be used as a reference for practicing physicians and as a jumping-off point for researchers to explore new therapeutic opportunities.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA

    Michael W. Retsky

  • Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS, Milan, Italy

    Romano Demicheli

About the editors

Michael Retsky, PhD, is Research Associate, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Honorary Faculty, University College London


Romano Demicheli, MD, PhD, is Senior Researcher, Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Milano

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Perioperative Inflammation as Triggering Origin of Metastasis Development

  • Editors: Michael W. Retsky, Romano Demicheli

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57943-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-57942-9Published: 07 July 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86289-7Published: 12 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57943-6Published: 28 June 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 236

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cancer Research

Buy it now

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eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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