Cancer Detection and Diagnosis: A Handbook of Emerging Technologies

by Miguel Ossandon (ed.), Ben Prickril (ed.), Avraham Rasooly (ed.) Emerging technologies for cancer detection and diagnosis are providing more and more advance warning of pathologies of clinical significance. Research devoted to cancers are revealing new ways of finding and treating these complex diseases. This volume reviews a broad array of new technologies for cancer detection and diagnosis. While there are several clinical books describing cancer diagnosis, and general molecular analytical technologies, these books are not focused on cancer detection and diagnosis. The aim of this book is to describe emerging cancer detection and diagnosis technologies. Key Features Presents myriad new experimental cancer detection technologies Describes technology so the reader may conduct similar analyses Outlines clinical applications of technology for specific cancer and summarizes results Discusses pitfalls and limitations, future trends and potential technological developments