The "Cancers in Different Conditions, Cancer Research Methods and Diagnosis: An Interdisciplinary Approach" is the nineteenth volume of the "Interdisciplinary Cancer Research" series, publishes a series of chapters on cancer research methods and diagnosis in different conditions. The volume starts with a chapter on cancer in patients with autism spectrum disorder, followed by a chapter on relation of cancer and Alzheimer's disease. After a chapter on transplant oncology and a chapter on the role of geriatric assessment in cancer treatment, cancer development in in inborn errors of immunity, celiac disease, and diabetes mellitus are discussed. Patient-derived organoids were the subject of next chapter. The subsequent chapters are focused on research methods and new targets, in vitro models, and energy metabolism in cancer research. Advances in biomedical imaging modalities, including nuclear medicine and PET imaging, for cancer research and diagnostics are explained in other chapters. Finally, strength of biomaterials and nanomedicines in cancer research are discussed in final chapters. This is the main concept of Cancer Immunology Project (CIP), which is a part of Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN). This interdisciplinary book will be of special value for those who wish to have an update on cancer research methods and diagnosis.

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Professor Nima Rezaei gained his medical degree (MD) from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and subsequently obtained an MSc in Molecular and Genetic Medicine and a PhD in Clinical Immunology and Human Genetics from the University of Sheffield, UK. He also spent a short-term fellowship of Pediatric Clinical Immunology and Bone Marrow Transplantation in the Newcastle General Hospital. Professor Rezaei is now the Full Professor of Immunology and Vice Dean of Research and Technologies, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and the co-founder and Head of the Research Center for Immunodeficiencies. He is also the Founder of Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN). Prof. Rezaei has already been the Director of more than two hundred research projects and has designed and participated in several international collaborative projects. Prof. Rezaei is the editor, editorial assistant, or editorial board member of more than fifty international journals. He has edited more than one hundred international books, has presented more than a thousand lectures/posters in congresses/meetings, and has published more than 1,500 scientific papers in the international journals.