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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254485203321

Titolo

Biomarkers of the Tumor Microenvironment [[electronic resource] ] : Basic Studies and Practical Applications / / edited by Lars A. Akslen, Randolph S. Watnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-39147-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (536 pages)

Disciplina

616.994075

Soggetti

Pathology

Cancer research

Cancer Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Markers of tumor-vascular interactions -- Extracellular matrix, especially integrins, importance for tumor progression -- Role of Axl for epithelial-mesenchymal transition and tumor spread -- Models of tumour progression in prostate cancer -- Biomarkers of tumor progression in malignant melanoma -- Biomarker signatures and tumor progress in breast cancer -- Biomarker panels and contemporary practice in clinical trials of targeted treatment -- Role of prosaposin in niche regulation and metastatic spread -- Regulators of microenvironment and metastases in prostate cancer -- Semaphorins and angiogenesis -- Heterogeneity of angiogenesis phenotypes -- Biology of metastatic niches -- Lymphangiogenesis and tumor progress -- Extracellular matrix -- Paracrine signalling and tumor progress -- Cancer associated fibroblasts -- Tumor immunology -- Interleukins and inflammatory programs in tumor progress -- Global gene expression signatures of the tumor microenvironment -- Microarray analysis of the tumour microenvironment -- Studies of the tumor microenvironment.

Sommario/riassunto

This book reviews different aspects of the cancer microenvironment, and its regulation and importance for tumor progression. Practical



applications, in terms of how biomarkers are increasingly included in therapy protocols, will also be discussed. Biomarkers of the Tumour Microenvironment: Basic Studies and Practical Applications is aimed at research pathologists in the cancer field, and also cancer researchers from other backgrounds, especially those using morphology techniques and models focusing on cross-talk between different cell types in tumors.