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Cancer Associated Viruses

  • This proposed volume will attempt to review and address the major gaps in current knowledge in DNA viruses
  • This volume will in addition discuss RNA viruses and bring a historical perspective of where studies began to a more recent molecular approach and vaccine successes in tumor viruses
  • This volume will also cover other known oncogenic viruses associated cancers in other mammals in addition to humans

Part of the book series: Current Cancer Research (CUCR)

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Virus-Mediated Cell Proliferation

    • Sun-Hwa Lee, Stacy Lee, Jae Ung Jung
    Pages 45-80
  3. Viral-Encoded Genes and Cancer

    • Blossom Damania
    Pages 81-99
  4. Oncogenic Viruses and Cancer Transmission

    • Robin A. Weiss
    Pages 101-118
  5. DNA Viruses and Cancer: Taking a Broader Look

    • James C. Alwine
    Pages 119-132
  6. Herpesviruses and Cancer

    • David Everly, Neelam Sharma-Walia, Sathish Sadagopan, Bala Chandran
    Pages 133-167
  7. Lymphocryptoviruses: EBV and Its Role in Human Cancer

    • Santosh Kumar Upadhyay, Hem Chandra Jha, Abhik Saha, Erle S. Robertson
    Pages 169-199
  8. Nonhuman Primate Gamma-herpesviruses and Their Role in Cancer

    • Ryan D. Estep, Scott W. Wong
    Pages 201-214
  9. Rhadinoviruses: KSHV and Associated Malignancies

    • Susann Santag, Thomas F. Schulz
    Pages 215-249
  10. Murine Gammaherpesvirus-Associated Tumorigenesis

    • Kathleen S. Gray, Samuel H. Speck
    Pages 267-305
  11. Marek’s Disease Virus-Induced T-Cell Lymphomas

    • Mark S. Parcells, Joan Burnside, Robin W. Morgan
    Pages 307-335
  12. Polyomaviruses and Cancer

    • Ole Gjoerup
    Pages 337-375
  13. BK Polyomavirus and Transformation

    • Tina Dalianis, Hans H. Hirsch
    Pages 419-432
  14. Polyomavirus JC and Human Cancer: Possible Role of Stem Cells in Pathogenesis

    • Kamel Khalili, Martyn K. White, Jennifer Gordon, Barbara Krynska
    Pages 433-448
  15. Merkel Cell Polyomavirus

    • David Schrama, Jürgen C. Becker
    Pages 449-462
  16. Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer

    • Jianxin You, Susanne Wells
    Pages 463-487

About this book

The acknowledgment that viruses are potent biological factors in driving many cancers have seen a dramatic upsurge in recent years in large part to the success of the human papilloma virus vaccine against invasive cervical carcinomas and followed by the awarding of the noble prize in medicine in 2008 to Dr. Harald zurHausen who identified the link between papilloma virus and cervical cancers. Over the last few years there have been some volumes addressing different aspects of viruses and cancers and to some extent focusing on the DNA viruses, more specifically the human DNA viruses. This proposed volume will attempt to review and address the major gaps in current knowledge in DNA viruses as well as RNA viruses bringing a historical perspective of where studies began to a more recent molecular approach and vaccine successes in tumor viruses. We will also cover other known oncogenic viruses associated cancers in other mammals in addition to humans.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

    Erle S. Robertson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cancer Associated Viruses

  • Editors: Erle S. Robertson

  • Series Title: Current Cancer Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0016-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-9999-3Published: 19 December 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4060-8Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-0016-5Published: 14 February 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2199-2584

  • Series E-ISSN: 2199-2592

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 866

  • Topics: Cancer Research, Pharmacology/Toxicology

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Buying options

eBook USD 169.00
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  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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