"Cancer Treatment: Conventional and Innovative Approaches" ed. by Letícia Rangel

This book can enlighten important issues involved in the management of cancer, summarizing the state-of-the-art knowledge regarding the disease control and treatment; thus, providing means to improve the overall care of patients that daily battle against this potentially lethal condition.

This issue is an attempt to integrate into a book volume the various aspects of cancer treatment, compiling comprehensive reviews written by an international team of experts in the field.

Contents
Section 1 Cancer Treatment: Conventional and Innovative Pharmacological Approaches
1 Conventional Cancer Treatment
2 Target Cancer Therapy
3 Anticancer Properties of Cardiac Glycosides
4 Liposomes as Carriers of Anticancer Drugs
Section 2 Combinatorial Strategies to Fight Cancer: Surgery, Radiotherpay, Backytherapy, Chemotherapy, and Hyperthermia
5 The Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
6 Laparoscopic Surgery in Genitourinary Cancer Treatment
7 Current Strategies in the Management of Adenocarcinoma of the Rectum
8 Mesothelioma: An Evidence-Based Review
9 Definitive Chemo-Radiotherapy for Resectable Esophageal Cancer — Unresolved Problems Remain
10 A Review of Radiation Therapy's Role in Early-Stage Breast Cancer and an Introduction to Electronic Brachytherapy
11 Radiosurgery and Hypofractionated Stereotactic Irradiation with Photons or Protons for Tumours of the Skull Base
12 Hyperthermia: Cancer Treatment and Beyond
13 Glioblastomas, Astrocytomas: Survival Amelioration Adding Hyperthermia to Conformal Radiotherapy and Temozolomide — Use of Pegylated Doxorubicin and Hyperthermia in the Treatment of a Recurrent Case
Section 3 The Immunotherapy of Cancer
14 Targeted Cancer Therapy bv Dendritic Cell Vaccine
15 Immunotherapy of Urinary Bladder Carcinoma: BCG and Beyond
16 Anti-Angiogenic Active Immunotherapy for Cancers: Dawn of a New Era?
Section 4 Multidisciplinarity in Cancer Therapy: Nutrition and Beyond
17 Nutrigenomics and Cancer Prevention
18 The Impact of Vitamin D in Cancer
19 The Treatment of Cancer: A Comprehensive Therapeutic Model Entailing a Complex of Interaction Modalities
Section 5 Supportive Care for Cancer Patients
20 Supportive and Palliative Care in Solid Cancer Patients
21 Impact of Cancer Treatment on Reproductive Health and Options for Fertility Preservation
Section 6 Perspectives in Cancer Biology and Modeling
22 Sialyl Salivary-Type Amylase Associated with Ovarian Cancer
23 Role of CREB Protein Family Members in Human Haematological Malignancies
24 Life-Cycling of Cancer: New Concept