Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Advances in Cancer Therapy

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Hala Gali-Muhtasib
Hala Gali-Muhtasib

American University of Beirut,
Lebanon

Published21 November 2011

Doi10.5772/1780

ISBN978-953-307-703-1

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6579-8

Copyright year2011

Number of pages580

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2. The Application of Membrane Vesicles for Cancer Therapy

By Khan Salma, Jutzy Jessica M.S., Aspe Jonathan R., Valenzuela Malyn May A., Park Joon S., Turay David and Wall Nathan R.

3,190
3. The Airways: A Promising Route for the Pulmonary Delivery of Anticancer Agents

By Guilleminault L., Hervé-Grépinet V., Lemarié E. and Heuzé-Vourc’h N.

2,286
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5. Vascular-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy (VTP)

By Ezatul Ezleen Kamarulzaman, Hamanou Benachour, Muriel Barberi-Heyob, Céline Frochot, Habibah A Wahab, François Guillemin and Régis Vanderesse

3,465
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6. Binary Radiotherapy of Melanoma – Russian Research Results

By Victor Kulakov, Elena Grigirjeva, Elena Koldaeva, Alisa Arnopolskaya and Alexey Lipengolts

2,193
7. Clinical Development Paradigms for Cancer Vaccines: The Case of CIMAvax EGF®

By Gisela González, Tania Crombet and Agustín Lage

3,395
8. Brain Metastases: Biology and Comprehensive Strategy from Radiotherapy to Metabolic Inhibitors and Hyperthermia

By Baronzio Gianfranco, Fiorentini Giammaria Guais Adeline and Schwartz Laurent

2,577
11. Therapeutical Cues from the Tumor Microenvironment

By Stefano Marastoni, Eva Andreuzzi, Roberta Colladel, Alice Paulitti, Alessandra Silvestri, Federico Todaro, Alfonso Colombatti and Maurizio Mongiat

2,160
6,233
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14. Significance, Mechanisms, and Progress of Anticancer Drugs Targeting HGF-Met

By Katsuya Sakai, Takahiro Nakamura, Yoshinori Suzuki and Kunio Matsumoto

2,049
16. Anticancer Properties of Curcumin

By Varisa Pongrakhananon and Yon Rojanasakul

4,362
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18. The Role of Inflammation in Cancer

By O’Leary D.P., Neary P.M. and Redmond H.P.

1,816
19. CD277 an Immune Regulator of T Cell Function and Tumor Cell Recognition

By Jose Francisco Zambrano-Zaragoza, Nassima Messal, Sonia Pastor, Emmanuel Scotet, Marc Bonneville, Danièle Saverino, Marcello Bagnasco, Crystelle Harly, Yves Guillaume, Jacques Nunes, Pierre Pontarotti, Marc Lopez and Daniel Olive

2,649
23. Prospective Applications of Microwaves in Medicine

By Jaroslav Vorlíček, Barbora Vrbova and Jan Vrba

5,562
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24. Photon Total Body Irradiation for Leukemia Transplantation Therapy: Rationale and Technique Options

By Brent Herron, Alex Herron, Kathryn Howell, Daniel Chin and Luann Roads

3,630
25. Radio-Photoluminescence Glass Dosimeter (RPLGD)

By David Y.C. Huang and Shih-Ming Hsu

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