Imaging of colorectal cancer – the clue to individualized treatment

Genetics and Individualized Treatment for Colorectal Cancer

The clinical benefit of the genomics revolution is particularly evident in oncology. Genetic characterization of patients’ tumors has revealed that cancer is fundamentally a heterogeneous disease whose complex clinical course can be correlated to specific molecular profiles. Now, genomic data and tools are beginning to be translated from the laboratory to the clinic where physicians and patient...

New Approaches to Use Nanoparticles for Treatment of Colorectal Cancer; a Brief Review

Nanoparticles have been at the center of research focus as a new promising material for the treatment of cancer in recent years. Although many chemotherapy drugs for cancer treatment are available, their potential toxicity is the main point of concern. On the other hand, the conventional chemotherapeutic approach has not been found to be very efficient in colorectal cancer (CRC) as the drug mol...

from linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar

chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...

Individualized Systemic Treatment of Lung Cancer

The systemic treatment of lung cancer has revolutionized. New targeted treatment options have driven us to consider more specific subpopulations of lung cancer. For example , epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors emerged as more effective in EGFR mutant patients. Crizotinib arose as a potent alternative in patients with ALK translocation. Histopathological subtypes and other predic...

Individualized Treatment of Early Breast Cancer