Inflammation and Cancer
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 13, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9783034808361
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.
Notes: Source title: Inflammation and Cancer (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)