Renal Tumor

Description

Summarizing a decade of scientific advance and therapeutic innovation, Renal Tumor offers all physicians treating kidney cancer, as well as researchers, updated information concerning the epidemiology, biology, and treatment of renal cell carcinoma. Contributors to this book are from all over the world and are experts in their individual fields. They have provided reviews about current knowledge in the management of both localized and metastatic renal cell carcinoma, as well as the latest developments in molecular genetics, imaging, and immune dysfunction associated with the diseases. Further special attention is paid to the biology of selected target molecules and various agents that inhibit these targets, including full chapters devoted to pharmaceutical drugs that selectively inhibit receptor tyrosine kinases, such as sunitinib and axitinib. Readers such as urological physicians, researchers, and kidney cancer patients are potential beneficiaries of this book.

Contents

• Chapter 1 Genetics of Renal Tumorsby Ryoiti Kiyama, Yun Zhu and Tei-ichiro Aoyagi
• Chapter 2 Signaling Pathways and Biomarkers in Renal Tumorsby Tetsuo Fujita, Masatsugu Iwamura, Kazumasa Matsumoto and Kazunari Yoshida
• Chapter 3 Imagen Thecniques in Renal-Cell Carcinomaby L. Leo´n, M. Ramos, M. La´zaro, S. Va´zquez, M. C. Areses, O. Fernandez, U. Anido, J. Afonso and L. A. Aparicio
• Chapter 4 Renal Cell Carcinoma: Clinical Surgeryby Carolin Eva Hach, Stefan Siemer and Stephan Buse
• Chapter 5 Nephron-Sparing Surgery for the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma 4 to 7 cm in Sizeby Ambrosi Pertia, Laurent Managadze and Archil Chkhotua
• Chapter 6 Renal Artery Embolization in Treatment of Renal Cancer with Emphasis on Response of Immune Systemby H. Zielinski, T. Syrylo and S. Szmigielski
• Chapter 7 Paraneoplastic Glomerulopathy Associated with Renal Cell Carcinomaby Akihiro Tojo
• Chapter 8 Surgical and Oncological Results of Treatment of Metastases of Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Contralateral Adrenal Glandby Archil Chkhotua, Laurent Managadze and Ambrosi Pertia
• Chapter 9 Current Perspectives in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Treatment: The Role of Targeted Therapiesby V. Michalaki, M. Balafouta, D. Voros and C. Gennatas
• Chapter 10 New Systemic Treatment Approaches for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinomaby Thean Hsiang Tan, Sina Vatandoust and Michail Charakidis
• Chapter 11 Changing Mechanisms of Action as a Strategy for Sequential Targeted Therapy of Metastatic Renal-Cell Carcinomaby Mirjana Rajer