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Introduction to Cancer Metastasis provides, in one place, an overview of organ-specific cancer metastasis and the most common sites of cancer metastasis. Through specific chapters on individual primary cancers, their metastasis, and chapters on common metastatic sites, this volume comprehensively informs readers about the broader knowledge base in cancer metastasis. The process of metastasis is particularly responsible for making cancer so lethal. This volume explores both metastasis from sites of origin and common metastatic sites, thus increasing understanding of both perspectives.
List of contents
Part I. Cancer Metastasis From Primary Organs1. Cancer Metastasis: An Introduction2. Breast Cancer Metastasis3. Prostate Cancer Metastasis4. Lung Cancer Metastasis5. Cervical Cancer Metastasis6. Colorectal Cancer Metastasis7. Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: Current State and Future Directions8. Gastric Cancer Metastasis9. Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Metastatic Disease10. Metastatic Bladder Cancer11. Metastatic Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomas12. Osteosarcoma Metastasis-Prognostic Factors and Treatment Strategies
Part II. Cancer Metastasis To Distant Organs13. Lymph Node Metastasis14. Molecular Involvement of the Bone Marrow Microenvironment in Bone Metastasis15. An Overview on Hepatic Metastasis16. Pulmonary Metastasis17. Brain Metastasis: Basic Biology, Clinical Management, and Insight From Experimental Model Systems
Part III. Emerging Targets for Cancer Metastasis18. Developmental Pathways: Emerging Therapeutic Targets for Cancer Metastasis19. Emerging Therapeutic Targets for Cancer Metastasis: From the Perspective of Embryo Implantation20. Wnt Signaling as a Therapeutic Target in Cancer and Metastasis
About the author
Dr. Ahmad has published extensively in the fields of cancer research, oncology research, biochemistry and molecular biology. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Alabama’s Mitchell Cancer Institute.Dr. Ahmad is well known in the cancer metastasis research community. He has published 130+ articles and a number of book chapters. He is a known expert and global collaborator in the cancer research community. He also possesses extensive editorial experience, having edited 5 volumes in addition to serving as Editor-in-Chief of series ‘Cancer Metastasis’. He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of journal “Non-coding RNA Research”. He has a Field-Weighted Citation Impact of 2.68, which shows the impressive and great importance the cancer research community places on his published articles.