Diagnosis and Therapy
edited by Emilio Bombardieri
Advances in Nuclear Oncology provides the reader with essential background information and a wealth of illustrative material to ensure immediate disease pattern recognition.
Advances in Nuclear Oncology is increasingly required to investigate complex clinical problems and to guide therapeutic intervention.
Contents
I. Biology of Cancer
- What is Cancer?
- Targets
II. Diagnostic Applications
- Primary Brain Tumors
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer
- Adrenal Tumors
- Neuroendocrine Gastroenteropacreatic Tumors
- Lymphoma
- Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors
- Malignant Melanoma
- Cancer of Unknown Primary
III. Therapeutic Applications
- Therapy of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
- Therapy of Medullary Thyroid Cancer
- Therapy of Lymphoma
- Therapy of Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Therapy of Bone Metastases
- Therapy of Liver Tumors
- Therapy of Colorectal Cancer
- Therapy of Brain Tumors
- Therapy of Ovarian Cancer
IV. Methods and Technology
- New Instrumentation
- New Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Diagnosis
- Radiopharmaceuticals for Therapy
- New Concepts in Dosimetry and Radiation Protection
- Advances in Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Oncology
- Nuclear Medicine-Guided Radiotherapy
Index