Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Statistics of Thyroid Cancer: Overdiagnosis and Machine Learning Approaches
Matthew Neel
Formerly Affiliated with Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Chapter 2. A Comprehensive Review on Physical, Chemical, and Biological Factors for Cancer Development – The Influence of Environmental and Occupational Contaminants
Tamara Lazarević-Pašti
Department of Physical Chemistry, “Vinča” Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia
Chapter 3. How Serum Testosterone Levels Determine the Treatment Strategy of Advanced Prostate Cancer
Xue Zhao1, Shinichi Sakamoto1, Shuhei Kamada1, Akinori Takei2, Yusuke Imamura1 and Tomohiko Ichikawa1
1Department of Urology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
2Department of Urology, Funabashi Municipal Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
Chapter 4. Neuroendocrine Carcinomas of the Breast and Neuroendocrine Differentiation in Breast Cancer: From a Clinical, Pathological and Radiological Perspective
Yasemin Kayadibi1, MD and Ergin Erginöz2, MD
1Department of Radiology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
2Department of General Surgery, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey
Chapter 5. The Importance of Hub Genes and Genetically and Epigenetically Modulators as Potent Biomarkers in the Prognosis, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Monitoring of Colorectal Cancer
Fatemeh Hajibabaie1,2 and Navid Abedpoor2
1Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
2Department of Physiology, Medicinal Plants Research Center, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
Chapter 6. The Potential of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants to Prevent Prostate Cancer
Serap Çetinkaya1 and Burak Tüzün2
1Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Science Faculty, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
2Plant and Animal Production Department, Technical Sciences Vocational School of Sivas, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
Chapter 7. Magnetic Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Cancer Using Hyperthermia
Richa Jain
Department of Physics, Motilal Nehru College, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi, India
Chapter 8. The Landscape of Genetic and Epigenetic Biomarkers in Oral Cancer: A Liquid Biopsy Approach
Sudha Gupta1, Brijesh Singh1, Sameer Gupta2 and Manisha Sachan1
1Department of Biotechnology, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India
2Department of Surgical Oncology, King George Medical University, Lucknow, India
Chapter 9. Hairy Cell Leukemia and Hairy Cell Leukemia-like Neoplasms
Somanath Padhi1, MD, Biswajit Bhuyan2, DM, Pritinanda Mishra1, MD, Gaurav Chhabra1, MD, Prabodha Kumar Das2, FRCPA, Ashutosh Panigrahi2, DM, Chinmayee Panigrahi1, MD, and Prapti Acharya1, MD
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2Department of Medical Oncology/Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Chapter 10. The Method of Using Fractal Analysis for Metastatic Nodules Diagnostics on Computer Tomographic Images of Lungs
S. V. Romaniv1, Yu. B. Palaniza1,2, D. V. Vakulenko1 and I. Y. Galaychuk1
1 I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
2Ternopil Ivan Puluj National Technical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
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