Libri di Lea

Affascinante e maestoso, simbolo di eleganza e libertà, il cavallo è legato all'uomo da una relazione ancestrale

Il sogno d'amore, idealizzato come fusione assoluta, miracolosa, «che di due esseri complementari fa un solo essere armonioso»

In "Come disegnare i manga" Lea Hernandez vi illustrerà le basi del disegno e della caratterizzazione dei vostri personaggi pr

In "Come disegnare i manga" Lea Hernandez vi illustrerà le basi del disegno e della caratterizzazione dei vostri personaggi pr

Now in full color! You can discover the science of cancer - with this newly revised, essential introduction to cancer biology and genetics. Here in one well-organized, reader-friendly volume, you'll find everything you must know about the biology underlying cancer and its treatment, supported by the latest peer-reviewed research. Written by preeminent oncology researchers and clinicians, the book highlights the full range of important oncology topics and takes you through the biological basis of current and future biological therapy as well as more traditional approaches to cancer treatment. Presented in full color, the Fifth Edition of The Basic Science of Oncology is thoroughly updated and refreshed to reflect the latest critical thinking in oncology. For graduate students, oncologists, residents, and fellows, there can be no more useful guide to the bedrock science and practice of oncology than this all-in-one reference. Features: the most current, evidence-based oncology primer - one that encapsulates the science of cancer causation, cancer biology, and cancer therapy; key insights into molecular and genetic aspects of cancer familiarize you with cancer biology as applied to prognosis and personalized cancer medicine; in-depth focus on the discovery, evaluation, and biology of anti-cancer drugs, immunotherapy, and molecularly-targeted agents; up-to-date coverage of the basic science of radiation therapy; specific chapters/sections on intratumor heterogeneity as it relates to potential new treatment strategies - including tumor microenvironment and metabolism, tumor stem cells, and genomic/proteomic heterogeneity; new! chapter essentials synthesize chapter content in a convenient list; and, new! color diagrams and schematics summarize important data.

Now in its third edition, this reference work focuses on the physiologic mechanisms important to the practice of surgery. It smoothly integrates chapters that are contributed by high profile educators, all experts in their fields, who assist in preparing surgical residency curricula. Easy to read, organized and well illustrated, the clinical information contained therein is used only to illustrate the application of basic science as it relates to practice. A new topic to this edition is physiologic changes associated with aging. Eight additional major revisions to this edition include shock, nutrition, oncology, pulmonary, digestive, hematology, orthopaedics, and anesthesia.