Research Catalog

Title

Mesothelioma from bench side to clinic / Alphonso Baldi, editor.

Publication

New York : Nova Biomedical Books, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

Baldi, Alfonso.

Description

xii, 585 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm

Subject

Mesothelioma

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. I. Embryology, histology and anatomy of mesothelium / Maria De Falco, Michele M. Pisano and Antonio De Luca -- Ch. II. Signaling involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transitions : from embryogenesis to cellular pathogenesis / Maria De Falco, Michele M. Pisano and Antonio De Luca -- Ch. III. Epidemiology of mesothelioma : the role of asbestos / Massimo Menegozzo, Roberto Pasetto, Simona Menegozzo and Pietro Comba -- Ch. IV. Non-asbestos causes of mesothelioma / John H. Lange, John A. Hoskins and Giuseppe Mastrangelo -- Ch. V. Pathogenesis of mesothelioma / Haining Yang, Harvey I. Pass and Michele Carbone -- Ch. VI. Molecular pathways involved in the pathogenesis of mesothelioma / Monica Falleni, Solange Romagnoli and Silvano Bosari -- Ch. VII. Cell-cycle molecules in mesothelioma / Mara Campioni, Vincenzo Ambrogi, Anna Severino, Tommaso Claudio Mineo, Mario Caputi and Alfonso Baldi -- Ch. VIII. Oxidative stress and activation of survival pathways as a basis for mesothelioma pathogenesis : new perspectives for experimental therapy / Michele Caraglia, Alfonso Catalano, Monica Marra, Alfredo Budillon and Antonio Procopio -- Ch. IX. Functional genomic applications in understanding molecular basis of the mesothelioma progression : use of transcriptomics and proteomics technologies / Stefania Crispi and Raffaele Calogero -- Ch. X. Transcriptional profiling of malignant pleural mesothelioma using microarrays / Gautam Maulik, Lingsheng Dong and Gavin J. Gordon -- Ch. XI. Cyclooxygenase enzymes : structure, function and involvement in mesothelioma / Alessandra Verdina, Irene Cardillo, Rossella Galati and Alfonso Baldi -- Ch. XII. The SV40 hypothesis : evidence against a role for SV40 in the pathogenesis of mesothelioma / James J. Manfredi -- Ch. XIII. Pathology of malignant mesothelioma / Luigi M. Terracciano, Florinda Feroce and Luigi Tornillo -- Ch. XIV. The immunohistochemical picture of mesothelioma / Feliciano Baldi, Florinda Feroce, Pasquale Mellone, Maria Pia Di Marino and Alfonso Baldi -- Ch. XV. The role of cytology in the diagnosis of serosal neoplasms / Antonella Rossetti -- Ch. XVI. Non pleural mesotheliomas / Giuseppe Tonini, Maria E. Fratto, Bruno Vincenzi and Daniele Santini -- Ch. XVII. Reactive mesothelial proliferations and benign mesotheliomas : a practical approach / Oscar Nappi, Amedeo Boscaino and Antonio D'Antonio -- Ch. XVIII. Natural history of human pleural mesothelioma / Roberto Cassandro, Silvia Montrasio and Vincenzo Esposito -- Ch. XIX. Clinical oncology of mesothelioma / Francesco Cognetti, Anna Ceribelli and Fabiana Letizia Cecere -- Ch. XX. Staging of malignant pleural mesothelioma / Paul Van Schil, Laurens Carp, Jeroen Hendriks and Patrick Lauwers -- Ch. XXI. Possible roles for soluble mesothelin-related proteins as tumour markers for malignant mesothelioma / Jenette Creaney and Bruce W. S. Robinson -- Ch. XXII. The radiology of mesothelioma / Fergus V. Gleeson -- Ch. XXIII. Instrumental diagnosis of mesothelioma : the thoracoscopy / Mario Santini and Giovanni Vicidomini -- Ch. XXIV. Non-surgical treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma : radiotherapy and chemotherapy / Giuseppe Sasso, Luis E. Schiappacasse and Bahram Forouzesh -- Ch. XXV. Surgical management of malignant pleural mesothelioma / Tommaso C. Mineo, Vincenzo Ambrogi and Eugenio Pompeo -- Ch. XXVI. Surgical therapy of mesothelioma : the experience of the Regina Elena Cancer Institute / Francesco Facciolo, Enrico Melis, Felicita Corzani, Virna Cerasoli, Sandro Carlini, Gabriele Alessandrini, Michela Ricci and Micaela Maritti -- Ch. XXVII. Cytoreductive surgery combined with perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy for diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma - prognostic features of long-term survivors / Tristan D. Yan and Paul H. Sugarbaker -- Ch. XXVIII. Reconstructive procedures after surgical excision of mesothelioma / Paolo Persichetti and Stefania Tenna -- Ch. XXIX. A survey on European ongoing or planned clinical trials in malignant pleural mesothelioma / Adolfo Favaretto -- Ch. XXX. Clinical trials in mesothelioma : Australia / Anna K. Nowak, Malcolm Feigen and Nick Pavlakis -- Ch. XXXI. US trials in mesothelioma / Tom Routledge and Raja Flores -- Ch. XXXII. Canine mesothelioma : an epidemiological and preclinical model / Enrico P. Spugnini, Bruce Keene, Gabriela Seiler and Gennaro Citro -- Ch. XXXIII. Medico-legal and economic aspects of mesothelioma / Naumann Moazzam and Robert A. Kratzke.

ISBN

• 9781600217890 (hardcover)
• 1600217893 (hardcover)

LCCN

2007024476

OCLC

• ocn144568221
• 144568221
• SCSB-5407773

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries