Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors

Table of Contents: “…Diagnostic Modalities -- Ultrasound of Soft Tissue Tumors -- Color Doppler Ultrasound -- Plain Radiography, Angiography, and Computed Tomography -- Nuclear Medicine Imaging -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics of Soft Tissue Tumors and Bone Tumors -- Soft Tissue Tumours: the Surgical Pathologist’s Perspective -- Biopsy of Soft Tissue Tumors -- Staging, Grading, and Tissue Specific Diagnosis -- Staging -- Grading and Tissue-Specific Diagnosis -- General Imaging Strategy of Soft Tissue Tumors -- Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors -- Tumors of Connective Tissue -- Fibrohistiocytic Tumors -- Lipomatous Tumors -- Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions of Blood Vessels -- Lymphatic Tumors -- Tumors of Muscular Origin -- Synovial Tumors -- Tumors of Peripheral Nerves -- Extraskeletal Cartilaginous and Osseous Tumors -- Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors and Related Lesions -- Lesions of Uncertain Differentiation -- Pseudotumoral Lesions -- Soft Tissue Metastasis -- Soft Tissue Lymphoma -- Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors in The Pediatric Patient -- Imaging After Treatment -- Follow-Up Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors.…”

Oncogene-Directed Therapies

Table of Contents: “…Basic Concepts in Oncogene Research -- 1 Genetic Basis of Cancer Progression -- 2 The Molecular Basis of Chromosomal Instability in Human Cancer Cells -- 3 Signal Transduction Networks: Ras as a Paradigm -- 4 Oncogenic Receptor Tyrosine Kinases -- 5 Ras-Mediated Deregulation of Gene Expression and Contribution to Oncogenesis -- 6 The Interplay Between Tumor Suppressor Genes and Oncogenes in Tumorigenesis -- 7 Genetic Basis of Altered Responsiveness of Cancer Cells to Their Microenvironment -- II. …”

Combined Scintigraphic and Radiographic Diagnosis of Bone and Joint Diseases by Bahk, Yong-Whee

Table of Contents: “…and Fundamentals of Pinhole Scintigraphy -- Dual-Head Planar Pinhole Scintigraphy and Pinhole SPECT of Bone -- Clinical Applications -- Normal Pinhole Scintigraphic Anatomy of Bone and Joint -- Normal Variants and Artifacts -- Infective and Inflammatory Diseases of Bone -- Noninfective Osteitides -- Diseases of Joints and Soft-Tissue Infections -- Degenerative Joint Diseases -- Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies -- Other Rheumatic Osteoarthropathies and Soft-Tissue Rheumatism Syndromes -- Osteochondroses and Related Diseases -- Vascular Bone Disorders -- Metabolic Bone Diseases and Drug-Induced Osteoporosis -- Traumatic, Surgical, and Sports Injuries of the Skeleton -- Malignant Tumors of Bone -- Benign Tumors and Tumorous Conditions of Bone -- Soft-tissue Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions -- Otorhinological Disorders -- PET-CT in Bone and Joint Diseases -- A Genetic Consideration of Skeletal Disorders.…”

Pancreatic Cancer

Table of Contents: “…Molecular Pathology and Epidemiology -- Spectrum of Human Pancreatic Neoplasia -- Molecular Genetics of Pancreatic Cancer -- Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia -- Pathology and Molecular Biology of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms -- Familial Pancreatic Cancer -- Hereditary Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer -- Pancreatic Cancer Biology -- Pancreatic Progenitor Cells in Injury and Regeneration -- Development of the Endocrine and Exocrine Pancreas -- Models of Pancreatic Cancer: Understanding Disease Progression -- From Inception to Invasion: Modeling Pathways to Pancreatic Cancer -- Molecular Signaling Pathways in Pancreatic Cancer -- Pancreatic Cancer Genomics, Epigenomics, and Proteomics -- Pancreatic Cancer Staging -- Imaging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma -- The Role of PET Scanning in Pancreatic Cancer -- Endoscopic Ultrasound Staging -- Laparoscopic Staging -- Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer -- Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Past and Present -- Total Pancreatectomy for Treatment of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma -- Distal Pancreatectomy -- Vascular Resection for Pancreatic Cancer -- Complications of Pancreaticoduodenectomy -- Controversies in the Surgical Management of Pancreatic Cancer -- Laparoscopic Pancreatic Resections -- Surgical Management of IPMN -- Palliation of Pancreatic Cancer -- Cancer Pain and Symptom Management: Drug Therapy -- Supportive Care: Cachexia, Anorexia Syndrome -- Endoscopic Palliation -- Multimodality Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer -- State of the Art in Radiation Therapy for Pancreas Cancer -- The Evolution of Chemoradiation Strategies for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer -- Optimum Cytotoxic Therapy for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer -- Adjuvant Chemoradiation for Pancreatic Cancer: Past, Present and Future -- Neoadjuvant Treatment for Resectable and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer -- Emerging Targeted Therapies -- An Overview of Clinical Trials of Targeted Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer -- Utility of Animal Models in Pancreatic Cancer Research -- K-ras Inhibitors and Pancreatic Cancer -- HER Family of Receptors as Treatment Targets in Pancreatic Cancer -- GSK-3? …”

Cell and Molecular Biology of Endometrial Carcinoma

Table of Contents: “…and Progesterone Receptor-B to Oncogenic K-Ras-Mediated NIH3T3 Cell Transformation -- 8 Genes and Gene Expression -- Regulation of Gene Expression in Endometrial Cancer Cells: Role of Extracellular Matrix in Mitochondrial Gene Expression -- Role of hMLHl Gene Hypermethylation in Endometrial Carcinogenesis -- Molecular Genetic Profiles of Serous and Endometrioid Endometrial Cancers, Genes Downregulated in Endometrial Cancers, and the Role of Epigenetics -- Biological Implications of Survivin Gene Expression in the Development of Endometriosis and Endometrial Carcinoma -- 9 Endometrial Receptivity -- Endometrial Cancer Cells as Models to Study Uterine Receptivity -- 10 Chemo-resistance and -sensitivity -- Steroid and Xenobiotic Receptor (SXR) is a Key System for the Acquisition of cis-Platinum Resistance in Endometrial Cancer Cells -- Relationship Between HER-2/neu Gene Status and Chemosensitivity of Human Endometrial Cancer Cell Lines -- 313.…”

Gastrointestinal and Liver Tumors