Lung Cancer Strategies for Diagnosis and Treatment
Among the deadliest type of cancers, lung cancer faces several challenges in diagnosis and treatment: late diagnosis and misdiagnosis, inadequate tumor sampling, and resistance development to current therapies, among others. Together with advances in the understanding of molecular features, factors,...
Format: | eBook |
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Language: | English |
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IntechOpen
2018
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Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |
Summary: | Among the deadliest type of cancers, lung cancer faces several challenges in diagnosis and treatment: late diagnosis and misdiagnosis, inadequate tumor sampling, and resistance development to current therapies, among others. Together with advances in the understanding of molecular features, factors, and mechanisms involved in initiation and tumor progression, important improvements have occurred in diagnostics and therapeutics in the shape of advances in molecular genotyping, procedures for sampling, new potential, and less invasive sources of samples for the diagnosis and development of new targeted therapies. The aim of this book is to provide an exciting read on strategies in the diagnosis and therapy of lung cancer. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
ISBN: | 9781789843491 9781789843507 9781838816391 intechopen.71993 |
Access: | Open Access |