ENGLISH

Inflammation and Cancer

By Bharat B. Aggarwal , Bokyung Sung , Subash Chandra Gupta (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Basel
Year
2014
ISBN
978-3-0348-0836-1, 978-3-0348-0837-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-0348-0837-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6534360 bytes)
Series
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 816
Edition
1
Pages
490\488
Time added
2014-06-12 06:00:00
Cancer Research; Immunology; Oncology

Description

This volume examines in detail the role of chronic inflammatory processes in the development of several types of cancer. Leading experts describe the latest results of molecular and cellular research on infection, cancer-related inflammation and tumorigenesis. Further, the clinical significance of these findings in preventing cancer progression and approaches to treating the diseases are discussed. Individual chapters cover cancer of the lung, colon, breast, brain, head and neck, pancreas, prostate, bladder, kidney, liver, cervix and skin as well as gastric cancer, sarcoma, lymphoma, leukemia and multiple myeloma.

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