Liquid Biopsy in Cancer Patients The Hand Lens for Tumor Evolution Editors: Russo, Antonio, Giordano, Antonio, Rolfo, Christian (Eds.)

[SHRO Media Press]

Liquid Biopsy in Cancer Patients

The Hand Lens for Tumor Evolution

Editors: Russo, Antonio, Giordano, Antonio, Rolfo, Christian (Eds.)

http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319556598

This text is designed to provide readers with a useful and comprehensive resource and state-of-the-art overview about the new, growing and fast-expanding field of “liquid biopsy” for the management of cancer patients. The liquid biopsy represents an important turning point in oncology since it provides a tool for a serial monitoring of disease. Liquid biopsy is our “hand lens” to follow molecular changes that characterize tumor development and progression. The book provide a unique and valuable resource on the clinical relevance of liquid biopsy as well as on the technical aspects of liquid biopsy analysis.

Liquid Biopsy in Cancer Patients: The Hand Lens for Tumor Evolution is targeted to resident and fellows physicians, medical oncologists, molecular biologists and biotechnologists.