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Author:   Brian D. Robinson ,  Juan Miguel Mosquera ,  Jae Y. Ro, MD, PhD ,  Mukul Divatia
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
Weight:   1.300kg
ISBN:  

9783319640945

ISBN 10:   3319640941
Pages:   570
Publication Date:   22 February 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Part I. General principles.- Approach to patient.- Etiology.- Precursor and pre-invasive lesions of prostate cancer.- Prostatic adenocarcinoma: morphologic spectrum, Gleason scoring, etc.- Genetic susceptibility.- DNA damage repair, BRCA mutations, DNA adducts, SNPs.- Racial differences.- Cancer stem cells Part II. Molecular signatures of primary prostate cancer.- SNPs.- Copy number variation/chromosomal aberration (PTEN deletion, etc.).- Gene fusions (TMPRSS2:ERG, etc.).- Gene expression arrays.- Next generation sequencing (point mutations, indels, etc.).- Epigenetic changes (chromatin remodeling, etc.).- Proteomics.- Metabolomics.- miRNA and lncRNA Part III. Molecular signatures of advanced prostate cancer.- Lymph node metastasis.- Bone metastasis a.- RANKL, Src kinases, endothelins, bisphosphonates.- Visceral metastasis a.- Role of extracellular matrix, angiogenesis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), inflammation.- Castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).- Neuroendocrineprostate cancer (NEPC) Part IV. Key molecular pathways in prostate cancer development and progression.- Androgen receptor in carcinogenesis.- Androgen receptor in progression (CRPC).- PI3K/Akt/mTOR/PTEN and ERK/MAPK pathways.- Cell cycle regulators (p53, etc.).- DNA damage repair.-         Tyrosine kinase signaling (EGFR, VEGFR, PDGFR, FGFR, IGFR, etc.).- Cytoskeletal function (microtubules and taxane therapy) Part V. Precision medicine approach: Diagnosis, treatment, prognosis.- Molecular diagnosis.- Molecular imaging.- Molecular prognostic markers/tests.- Molecular targeted therapies.- Towards molecular classification of prostate cancer.

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