Cancer Metastasis, Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms and Clinical Intervention

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Jiang, Wen G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Mansel, Robert E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000.
• Σειρά: Cancer Metastasis — Biology and Treatment, 1
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Oncology.; Surgical oncology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Surgical Oncology.

This book covers the molecular and cellular aspects of cancer metastasis, and discusses the clinical aspect of micro- and macro-metastases, which result in the death of the majority of patients with cancer. The current edition attempts to examine the current status of the basic scientific and clinic...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Metastatic Cascade, Molecular/Cellular Events and New Therapeutic Opportunities
• The Role of Integrin-Mediated Processes in the Biology of Metastasis
• The Role of Hyaluronan and Its Degradation Products in Tumour Angiogenesis and Metastasis
• The E-Cadherin/Catenin Complex in Invasion: The Role of Ectodomain Shedding
• Cancer and Cancer Metastasis-Related Genes
• Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Met in Tumour Invasion-metastasis: From Mechanisms to Cancer Prevention
• Tight Junctions, a Critical Structure in the Control of Cancer Invasion and Metastasis
• Bone Marrow Micrometastases Detection and Significance
• Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Role in Cancer Invasion and Metastasis
• Metastatic Endocrine Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Gastrointestinal Tumours: Cancer Metastasis, Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Breast Cancer Metastasis
• The Malignant Lymphomas
• Cancer Metastasis: Biological and Clinical Aspects, Gynaecological Cancer.