Advances in Respiratory Cancerogenesis

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pokorski, Mieczyslaw (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 911
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Cell Biology.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, with a low survival rate. Carcinogenesis generally requires a constellation of entwined steps, involving both innate cellular and environmental factors. This book shares the updated knowledge on the origin and development of cancer through gen...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The Role of Dysregulated MicroRNA Expression in Lung Cancer
• Chapter 2. Laryngeal Cancer: 12-Year Experience of a Single Center
• Chapter 3. Polymorphisms of Selected DNA Repair Genes and Lung Cancer in Chromium Exposure
• Chapter 4. Associations of CYP1A2 Polymorphisms with the Risk Haplotypes in Lung Cancer in the Slovak Population
• Chapter 5. Diagnostic Yield of Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration in Patients with Mediastinal Lymph Node Enlargement. - Chapter 6. The Effect on Cognition of Mitochondrial Respiratory System Proteins in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in the Course of Lung Cancer
• Chapter 7. Lung Cancer and Multiple Neoplasms: a Retrospective Analysis
• Chapter 8. Humoral Immune Response against Neural Antigens and its Effects on Cognition in Lung Cancer Patients. – Chapter 9. Active Case Finding Among Homeless People as a Means of Reducing the Incidence of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in General Population
• Chapter 10. Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia: IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TGF- β1 Serum Concentrations and Response to Clarithromycin Treatment. .