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Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer

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  • © 1978

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Editors:
  1. Martin Lipkin

    1. Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, USA

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  2. Robert A. Good

    1. Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, USA

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Part of the book series: Sloan-Kettering Institute cancer series (SKICS)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Biological Organization of Gastrointestinal Mucosa

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Proliferation and Differentiation of Gastrointestinal Cells in Health and Disease

      • Eleanor E. Deschner, Martin Lipkin
      Pages 3-27

    3. T- and B-Cell Populations in Gut and Gut-Associated Lymphoid Organs: Arrangement, Migration, and Function

      • Maria de Sousa, Robert A. Good
      Pages 29-47

  3. Individual and Familial Susceptibility to Gastrointestinal Malignancy: Immune Mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
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    2. Immunodeficiency Diseases and Malignancy

      • Beatrice D. Spector, John H. Kersey, Robert A. Good
      Pages 51-70

    3. Recognitive Immunity in Colon Cancer

      • Norman T. Berlinger
      Pages 71-92

    4. Immunological Dysfunction with Atrophic Gastritis and Gastric Malignancy

      • Jeremiah J. Twomey
      Pages 93-117

    5. The Digestive Form of α-Chain Disease

      • Maxime Seligmann, Jean-Claude Rambaud
      Pages 119-141

  4. Individual and Familial Susceptibility to Gastrointestinal Malignancy: Environmental and Hereditary Factors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Epidemiology of Esophageal Cancer

      • Joanna F. Haas, David Schottenfeld
      Pages 145-172

    3. Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer

      • Joanna F. Haas, David Schottenfeld
      Pages 173-206

    4. Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer

      • David Schottenfeld, Joanna F. Haas
      Pages 207-240

    5. Heredity and Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer

      • Henry T. Lynch, Patrick M. Lynch
      Pages 241-274

    6. Familial Polyposis Coli

      • H. J. R. Bussey, Basil C. Morson
      Pages 275-294

    7. Defining the Precursor Tissue of Ordinary Large Bowel Carcinoma: Implications for Cancer Prevention

      • Nathan Lane, Cecilia M. Fenoglio, Gordon I. Kaye, Robert R. Pascal
      Pages 295-324

  5. Use of Experimental Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 325-325
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    2. Experimental Stomach Carcinogenesis

      • Takashi Sugimura, Takashi Kawachi
      Pages 327-341

    3. Experimental Colon Carcinogenesis

      • Morris S. Zedeck
      Pages 343-360

    4. Mathematical Models of Carcinogenesis and Tumor Growth in an Experimental Rat Colon Adenocarcinoma

      • Alain P. Maskens
      Pages 361-384
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About this book

In observing the development of modern scientific knowledge, many indivi­ duals have expressed concern over the rapid growth of information in various specialized disciplines. Over 100 years ago the first Secretary of the Smith­ sonian Institution, and more recently Dr. Vannevar Bush while proposing the modern expansion of the National Institutes of Health, both noted prob­ lems that prevented the proper utilization of information by individuals in medical and related scientific fields. These observations, tagether with con­ comitant implications of future difficulty, are particularly pertinent to the field of oncology. The rapid evolution of the latter discipline has largely been aided by the incorporation of concepts and methods developed over a long period of time, and drawn from a wide variety of other scientific fields. The large body of discoveries that have contributed to our current understanding of neoplasia, however, cannot be viewed as being made up of equal parts. They bring to mind Claude Bernard's view "des determinismes simples et complexes" in the physiological and biochemical regulation of bod­ ily functions. He was able to observe that the most important and basic of physiologic processes were destined to be fewer in number than those of less fundamental and more highly specialized purpose. He understood that in the future development of medical science, sturlies of the lauer would occupy much of the time and attention of investigators, and were likely to contribute much to scientific literature.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, USA

    Martin Lipkin, Robert A. Good

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer

  • Editors: Martin Lipkin, Robert A. Good

  • Series Title: Sloan-Kettering Institute cancer series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2442-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1978

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-2444-7Published: 15 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-2442-3Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 602

  • Number of Illustrations: 73 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Gastroenterology

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