Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma [electronic resource] : Keys for Translational Medicine and Biology / edited by Pierre Busson.

Diagnosis and Clinical Evaluation of Nasophary Ngeal Carcinoma -- Histopathological Diagnosis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Looking beyond the Blue Book -- Descriptive, Environmental and Genetic Epidemiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma -- Acquired Genetic and Epigenetic Alter Ations in Nasophary Ngeal Carcinoma -- Cellular Interactions in Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas -- Biological Tools for NPC Population Screening and Disease Monitoring -- Medical Imaging of Nasopharyngeal Carcinomas: Current Tools and Applications -- Radiotherapy of NPC: Current Strategies and Perspectives -- The Evolving Role of Systemic Therapy in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Current Strategies and Perspectives -- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Immunotherapy: Current Strategies and Perspectives -- Therapeutic Induction of Apoptosis in Nasophary Ngeal Carcinoma.

This volume intends to contribute to “translational medicine and biology”. By this, we mean a bi-directional process whose aim is to develop knowledge from basic science towards diagnostic and therapeutic applications and reciprocally to raise new questions for basic scientists. One general requirement for translational research is to establish a multidisciplinary knowledge base shared by the actors of various specialties. This is precisely the aim of the 12 chapters of this book. It will be useful for scientists, including PhD students, who want to become more familiar with the main concepts of NPC pathology, medical imaging and current therapeutics. Conversely, medical doctors who want to update their knowledge of NPC biology will benefit from chapters on viral and cellular oncogenesis and various aspects of host-tumor interactions.