From Inflammation to Cancer
Subtitle: Advances in Diagnosis and Therapy for Gastrointestinal and Hepatological Diseases
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9789814343596
Subjects: Hepatitis; Gastrointestinal system, cancer; Liver, cancer
Description: Inflammation and cancer are two major disorders that cause huge concerns in our society. However, what one may not know is that both diseases are closely associated and, in particular, both occur in the gastrointestinal tract and liver. This book describes the mechanics of how inflammation can progress to cancer in these organs. The authors in this book comprehensively discuss the different biomarkers for early diagnosis, and current therapeutic treatments for these diseases. All of these would allow us to better understand the pathogenesis of both diseases. As such, this book provides compreh