Utility of Bromelain and N-Acetylcysteine in Treatment of Peritoneal Dissemination of Gastrointestinal Mucin-Producing Malignancies

• Main Authors: Amini, Afshin (Author), Masoumi-Moghaddam, Samar (Author), Morris, David L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.

This volume will describe both growth-inhibitory and mucin-depleting effects of bromelain and N-acetylcysteine, on their own or in combination, in cancer. It will coherently review the pathophysiological aspects of the mucin glycoproteins in malignancies and provide an updated account of the status...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Peritoneal dissemination of gastrointestinal tumors
• 2 Mucins and tumor biology
• 3 Bromelain
• 4 N-acetylcysteine
• 5 A novel approach to peritoneal dissemination of mucin-expressing malignancies of gastrointestinal origin
• Summary and future potential directions.