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Domenico Ribatti was awarded his M.D. degree in October 1981, with full marks. In 1983, D.R. joined the Medical School as Assistant at the Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Bari. In 1984, he took the specialization in Allergology. In 1989, he spent one year in Geneva, working at the Department of Morphology (Prof. R. Montesano). In 2008, he received the honoris causa degree in Medicine and Pharmacy form the University of Timisoara (Romania). D.R. is author of 866 publications as reported in PUBmed and contributed to 50 chapters to books. Overall, his papers have been cited 51153 times.

He has published many books with both Elsevier and Springe

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Tumor Microenvironment Regulation of Tumor Expansion is a practical guide to understand and perform research on tumor microenvironment, and to support clinical decisions taking into consideration its specificities.

Tumor progression is linked to a switch in the balance between positive and negative regulators, and mainly depends on the release by inflammatory or neoplastic cells of specific growth factors. Inflammatory infiltrate contributes to tumor progression and metastatic process, and there are many reports of associations between tumor inflammatory infiltrate, progression and prognosis. Understanding different contexts of organs is a key factor to improve outcome of treatments, especially new therapeutics targeting components of tumor microenvironment.

This book is a valuable resource for cancer researchers, clinicians, graduate students and several members of biomedical field who are interested to learn about the complex relationship between tumor microenvironment and its context in specific organs.