Editors:
- Comprehensive in scope
- Gives a modern approach to the association of inflammation and cancer
- With contributions by leading experts in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 816)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“The aim of this book is to examine the role of inflammation in cancer from the perspective of molecular biology, based on recent research. … The audience includes established researchers, professors, healthcare professionals, and students in the medical and scientific community. … It provides readers with important new information on cutting-edge biomedical research aimed at improving our understanding of the interaction of inflammation and cancer.” (Yuan Yuan, Doody’s Book Reviews, October, 2014)
Editors and Affiliations
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Dept of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
Bharat B. Aggarwal, Bokyung Sung
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Dep Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
Subash Chandra Gupta
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Inflammation and Cancer
Editors: Bharat B. Aggarwal, Bokyung Sung, Subash Chandra Gupta
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0837-8
Publisher: Springer Basel
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-0836-1Published: 23 May 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-0837-8Published: 12 May 2014
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 490
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cancer Research, Immunology, Oncology