Alcohol and Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zakhari, Samir (Editor), Vasiliou, Vasilis (Editor), Guo, Q. Max (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Pharmacology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

The World Health Organization has identified chronic alcohol consumption as one of the top ten risk factors for worldwide burden of disease. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has identified alcohol as carcinogenic to humans, including cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract, colon, li...

Table of Contents:

• Alcohol as a Human Carcinogen
• Overview of Tumorigenesis
• Alcohol and Cancer Epidemiology
• Alcohol Metabolism and Its Implications for Cancer
• Epigenetics, Alcohol, and Cancer.-  Alcohol, Cancer Genes, and Signaling Pathways.- Alcohol, Retinoic Acid, and Cancer
• Alcohol, Altered Protein Homeostasis, and Cancer
• Alcohol and the Inflammatory Function of Immune Cells in Cancer Development
• Immune Surveillance and Tumor Evasion
• Stem Cells and Alcohol-related Cancers
• Epilogue, Consensus Recommendations - Alcohol and Cancer.