Infection and Cancer: Bi-Directorial Interactions

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shurin, Michael R. (Editor), Thanavala, Yasmin (Editor), Ismail, Nahed (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Immunology.; Infectious diseases.; Microbiology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Infectious Diseases.

This unique book summarizes current knowledge on co-development of infectious diseases and cancer. It provides an overview of the complex and unique role of the immune system, inflammation, tumor-mediated immunosuppression and infection-induced immunomodulation in cancer and infection progression.  ...