Infection and Cancer: Bi-Directorial Interactions
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. ...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2015. |
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Infection and Cancer: Multi-directorial relationship
- Part I Infection-associated cancers
- Human tumor viruses: A historical perspective
- Epidemiology of virus infection and human cancer
- Bacterial infections and cancer development
- Human protozoal infections and their potential for causing neoplasms
- An update on helminths in human carcinogenesis
- Infection-associated hematological malignancies
- Multiple infections and cancer: Etiology, mechanisms and implications in cancer control
- Inflammatory mechanisms of infection-associated cancer
- Part II Infection-associated cancers: Specific examples
- Helicobacter pylori: The cancer bug
- Oral infection, carcinogenesis and cancer
- Streptococcus Bovis and colorectal cancer
- Human papillomavirus-related cancers
- Part III Cancer-associated infections
- Infectious diseases in cancer patients: An overview
- Part IV Infection and cancer: Comorbid development
- Comorbid development of infection and cancer
- Part V Infection agent-based vectors for cancer therapy
- Bacterial cancer therapy: how patients might benefit from Salmonella infections
- Development of Salmonella-based cancer vaccines
- Harnessing the host immune response to infection - BCG immunotherapy for bladder cancer
- Index.
