Viruses and Human Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hudnall, S. David (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Infectious diseases.; Oncology.; Pathology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.

Viruses and Human Cancer provides a comprehensive review of the seven currently known human tumor viruses and their associated cancers with an emphasis on epidemiology, clinicopathologic features, and pathogenesis. Chapters are written by internationally recognized experts, and all are generously il...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Human Cancer Virology: An Historical Review
• Epstein Barr Virus: Pathogenesis and Host Immune Response
• Epstein Barr Virus: Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Related Cancer
• Hepatitis C Virus: Pathogenesis and Host Immune Response
• Hepatitis C Virus: Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Related Cancer
• Hepatitis B Virus: Pathogenesis and Host Immune Response
• Hepatitis B Virus: Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Related Cancer
• Human Papillomavirus: Pathogenesis and Host Immune Response
• Human Papillomavirus: Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Related Cancer
• Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1: Pathogenesis and Host Immune Response
• Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1: Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Related Cancer
• Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus: Pathogenesis and Host Immune Response
• Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus: Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Related Cancer
• Merkel Cell Polyomavirus: Pathogenesis and Host Immune Response
• Merkel Cell Polyomavirus: Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Related Cancer
• Appendix: Pathology of Virus-associated Tumors.