Apoptosis in Carcinogenesis and Chemotherapy Apoptosis in Cancer /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chen, George G. (Editor), Lai, Paul B.S (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Pharmacology.; Oncology.; Surgical oncology.; Apoptosis.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Surgical Oncology.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

The purpose of this book is to provide information on apoptotic processes involved in major neoplastic diseases and their translations into emerging anti-cancer strategies. The book is divided into 15 chapters, each of which will be focused on one particular cancer (breast, bladder, cervical, colore...

Table of Contents:

• Apoptotic Signaling Pathway and Resistance to Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Stem Cells
• Anti-Cancer Strategy of Transitional Cell Carcinoma of Bladder Based on Induction of Different Types of Programmed Cell Deaths
• Apoptosis in Carcinogenesis and Chemoherapy of the Uterine Cervix
• Apoptosis in Colorectal Tumorigenesis and Chemotherapy
• Apoptosis in Cutaneous Melanoma
• Apoptosis in Carcinogenesis and Chemotherapy – Esophageal Cancer
• Molecular Targets in Gastric Cancer and Apoptosis
• Apoptosis and the Tumor Microenvironment in Hematologic Malignancies
• Bcl-2 Family Members in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) – Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potentials
• Apoptosis in the Development and Treatment of Laryngeal Cancer: Role of p53, Bcl-2 and Clusterin
• Cyclooxygenase 2 and its Metabolites: Implications for Lung Cancer Therapy
• Roles of Negative and Positive Growth Regulators in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
• Cellular Signaling Mechanisms in Pancreatic Apoptosis
• Strategies to Circumvent Resistance to Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer Cells by Targeted Necrosis
• Carcinogenesis and Therapeutic Strategies for Thyroid Cancer.