Moments tells the story of the heart-wrenching and unforgettable events that happened in author Steven Wong's life over the past decade. As part of his philosophy of giving back to society, he has compiled the details of his journey from a seemingly healthy life into the throes of a life-threatening disease. The events he discusses in Moments are based upon his real-life experiences as a patient. When he finally sought a second opinion after months of what appeared to influenza, his life was forever changed by the outcome of the doctor's findings. His story reveals the journey and challenges that he experienced while battling nasopharyngeal carcinoma, commonly known as cancer of the throat. He recounts errors in judgment, missteps that could be avoided, oversights, and consequences that he had to endure as a patient. He candidly and poignantly discusses the effect his disease had on his friendships. In fact, he categorized his friendships into three groups: true friends, friends, and dubious friends. The hurt he experienced when he realised that many of his friends could not handle his illness was deep. His perseverance and determination, along with the love of family and friends, made this unexpected journey manageable, bearable, and memorable. Now he seeks to inspire and motivate others to move forward courageously when faced with challenging circumstances during their life's journeys.

Aiding researchers seeking to eliminate multi-step procedures, reduce delays in treatment and ease patient care, "Cancer Theranostics" reviews, assesses, and makes pertinent clinical recommendations on the integration of comprehensive in vitro diagnostics, in vivo molecular imaging, and individualized treatments towards the personalization of cancer treatment.

"Cancer Theranostics" describes the identification of novel biomarkers to advance molecular diagnostics of cancer. The book encompasses new molecular imaging probes and techniques for early detection of cancer, and describes molecular imaging-guided cancer therapy. Discussion also includes nanoplatforms incorporating both cancer imaging and therapeutic components, as well as clinical translation and future perspectives.
Supports elimination of multi-step approaches and reduces delays in treatments through combinatorial diagnosis and therapyFully assesses cancer theranostics across the emergent field, with discussion of biomarkers, molecular imaging, imaging guided therapy, nanotechnology, and personalized medicine Content bridges laboratory, clinic, and biotechnology industries to advance biomedical science and improve patient management

Cancer Theranostics, Second Edition continues to provide current and concise information making ita readily available reference for the identification of novel biomarkers to advance molecular diagnostics of cancer. The new ediiton encompasses new molecular imaging probes and techniques for early detection of cancer and describes molecular imaging-guided cancer therapy. Discussion also includes nanoplatforms incorporating both cancer imaging and therapeutic components, as well as clinical translation and future perspectives. New to this edition is the inclusion of recent developments, the streamlined structure of the chapters leading the reader through the content more intuitively from problem to solution. More illustrations of different forms of cancer theranostics??are included and this edition also hold completely new content on DNA and RNA theranostics. New features in this title are several case studies. In five sections and 26 chapters Cancer Theranostics, Second Edition, reviews, assesses, and makes pertinent clinical recommendations on the integration of comprehensive in vitro diagnostics, in vivo molecular imaging, and individualized treatments towards the personalization of cancer treatment. This new edition is published in time to meet the needs of medical researchers in a comprehensive manner encompassing diagnostics,?in vivo?imaging and its use for image-guided therapy, and a variety of other miscellaneous subjects. This book is a must-have for all research scientist, medical physicists and physician scientists in cancer experimental therapeutics and molecular imaging.

Moments tells the story of the heart-wrenching and unforgettable events that happened in author Steven Wong's life over the past decade. As part of his philosophy of giving back to society, he has compiled the details of his journey from a seemingly healthy life into the throes of a life-threatening disease. The events he discusses in Moments are based upon his real-life experiences as a patient. When he finally sought a second opinion after months of what appeared to influenza, his life was forever changed by the outcome of the doctor's findings. His story reveals the journey and challenges that he experienced while battling nasopharyngeal carcinoma, commonly known as cancer of the throat. He recounts errors in judgment, missteps that could be avoided, oversights, and consequences that he had to endure as a patient. He candidly and poignantly discusses the effect his disease had on his friendships. In fact, he categorized his friendships into three groups: true friends, friends, and dubious friends. The hurt he experienced when he realised that many of his friends could not handle his illness was deep. His perseverance and determination, along with the love of family and friends, made this unexpected journey manageable, bearable, and memorable. Now he seeks to inspire and motivate others to move forward courageously when faced with challenging circumstances during their life's journeys.