Integration/interaction of oncologic growth
By: edited by Gary G. Meadows.
Contributors: Meadows, Gary G.
Series: Cancer growth and progression -- v. 15
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9781402034138; 9781402034145
Subjects: Neoplasm Metastasis -- physiopathology; Neoplasms -- therapy; Metastasis; Cancer -- Treatment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Microenvironmental effects on tumour progression and metastasis; title: Role of microenvironment on gene expression, angiogenesis and microvascular function in tumors; title: Imaging of angiogenesis in vivo with fluorescent proteins; title: The epigenetic influence of the tumor microenvironment on melanoma plasticity; title: Dynamics of cell adhesion interactions during melanoma development; title: Matrix metalloproteinases: mediators of tumour-host cell interactions; title: Role of brain microenvironments in brain metastases; title: Influence of the bone microenvironment on breast cancer metastasis to bone; title: Interaction of tumour with host stroma in hepatocellular carcinoma; title: Dynamic nature of tumour-host interactions within the tumor microenvironment; title: Breast cancer progression: a "vicious cycle" of pro-malignancy activities is mediated by inflammatory cells, chemokines and cytokines; title: Tumor and host endothelial cell selective interactions and modulation by microenvironmental chemokines: tumor-endothelial cell cross talk specificity; title: The role of chemokine receptors, in particular CXCR4, in lymphoma and carcinoma metastasis; title: Energy homeostasis and the tumor/host interaction: the role of the brain; title: Anti-angiogenic and pro-apoptotic effects of dietary restriction in experimental brain cancer: role of glucose and ketone bodies; title: Dietary restriction of specific amino acids modulates tumor and host interactions; title: Role of tumour microenvironment in chemoresistance; title: Integrin-mediated resistance to chemotherapy-induced apoptosis in cancer cells; title: Bone metastasis microenvironment participates in the development of androgen ablation refractoriness and chemotherapy resistance of prostate cancer cells residing in the skeleton: clinical implications; title: Current and future therapeutic targets of the tumour-host microenvironment; title: Bone stromal cells as therapeutic targets in osseous metastasis; title: Organtropism of lung cancer metastasis and its molecular targeted therapy; title: Maspin: a novel serine protease inhibitor; title: Metastasis suppressor genes: a brief review of an expanding field; title: Tumor-host interactions at the metastatic site: MKK4, signal transduction and the stress response.