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Alcohol and Cancer

  • Written and edited by internationally recognized leaders in the field of metabolism, alcohol and cancer.

  • No single comprehensive volume on alcohol and cancer exists.

  • Will appeal to those working in cancer research and those working in metabolic research.

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Alcohol as a Human Carcinogen

    • Philip J. Brooks
    Pages 1-4
  3. Cancer and Alcohol: An Overview of Tumorigenesis

    • William C. Dunty Jr.
    Pages 5-18
  4. Alcohol and Cancer Epidemiology

    • R. Thomas Gentry
    Pages 19-35
  5. Alcohol Metabolism and Its Implications for Cancer

    • Gary J. Murray, Philip J. Brooks, Samir Zakhari
    Pages 37-67
  6. Epigenetics, Alcohol, and Cancer

    • Dale Hereld, Q. Max Guo
    Pages 69-91
  7. Alcohol, Cancer Genes, and Signaling Pathways

    • William C. Dunty Jr.
    Pages 93-126
  8. Alcohol, Retinoic Acid, and Cancer

    • Svetlana Radaeva
    Pages 127-153
  9. Alcohol, Altered Protein Homeostasis, and Cancer

    • András Orosz
    Pages 155-173
  10. Immune Surveillance and Tumor Evasion

    • M. Katherine Jung
    Pages 193-210
  11. Stem Cells and Alcohol-Related Cancers

    • Zhigang Peter Gao, Q. Max Guo
    Pages 211-223
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 233-243

About this book

The World Health Organization has identified chronic alcohol consumption as one of the top ten risk factors for worldwide burden of disease. The International Agency for Research on Cancer has identified alcohol as carcinogenic to humans, including cancers of the upper aerodigestive tract, colon, liver and breast. Alcohol’s actions may be direct e.g. effects on retinoic acid and one-carbon metabolism, or indirect, through metabolites such as acetaldehyde and reactive oxygen species or through various signaling pathways that influence cell cycle and apoptosis that may contribute to carcinogenesis. This report reviews the state of the art in alcohol-related cancer research in ten chapters.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Division of Metabolism and Health Effect, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and, Bethesda, USA

    Samir Zakhari, Q. Max Guo

  • , Deparment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, USA

    Vasilis Vasiliou

About the editors

Chapter 1.  Alcohol as a Human Carcinogen, Philip J. Brooks, Ph.D.

Chapter 2.  Overview of Tumorigenesis, William C. Dunty, Jr., Ph.D.

Chapter 3.  Alcohol and Cancer Epidemiology, R Thomas Gentry, Ph.D.

Chapter 4.  Alcohol Metabolism and Its Implications for Cancer, Gary J. Murray, Ph.D., Philip J. Brooks, Ph.D., and Samir Zakhari, Ph.D.

Chapter 5.  Epigenetics, Alcohol, and Cancer, Q. Max Guo, Ph.D. and Dale Hereld, M.D., Ph.D.

Chapter 6.  Alcohol, Cancer Genes, and Signaling Pathways, William C. Dunty, Jr., Ph.D.

Chapter 7.  Alcohol, Retinoic Acid, and Cancer, Svetlana Radaeva, Ph.D.

Chapter 8.  Alcohol, Altered Protein Homeostasis, and Cancer, Andras Orosz, Ph.D.

Chapter 9.  Alcohol and the Inflammatory Function of Immune Cells in Cancer Development, H Joe Wang, Ph.D.

Chapter 10.  Immune Surveillance and Tumor Evasion, M. Kathy Jung

Chapter 11.  Stem Cells and Alcohol-related Cancers, Zhigang Gao, M.D., Q. Max Guo, Ph.D.

Chapter 12.  Epilogue, Consensus Recommendations - Alcohol and Cancer, Samir Zakhari, Ph.D.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Alcohol and Cancer

  • Editors: Samir Zakhari, Vasilis Vasiliou, Q. Max Guo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0040-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-0039-4Published: 23 August 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8637-5Published: 19 September 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-0040-0Published: 23 August 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 243

  • Topics: Cancer Research, Pharmacology/Toxicology

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Softcover Book USD 119.99
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