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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807955503321

Titolo

HPV and other infectious agents in cancer : opportunities for prevention and public health / / Hans Krueger ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-19-045353-2

1-282-61353-7

9786612613531

0-19-977438-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (560 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KruegerHans

Disciplina

616.99/4071

Soggetti

Viral carcinogenesis

Oncogenic viruses

Papillomaviruses

Papillomavirus diseases

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction-Infection and Cancer: An Expanding Paradigm; 2 Human Papillomavirus: Structure, Transmission, and Occurrence; 3 Human Papillomavirus: Infection, Natural History, and Carcinogenesis; 4 Human Papillomavirus: Associations with Cervical Cancer; 5 Human Papillomavirus: Associations with Noncervical Cancer; 6 Human Papillomavirus: Detection of Infection and Disease; 7 Human Papillomavirus: Prevention of Infection and Disease; 8 Hepatitis Viruses; 9 Helicobacter pylori; 10 Epstein-Barr Virus; 11 Human Herpesvirus Type 8; 12 Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1

13 Conclusion-Infection and Cancer: A Paradigm ShiftIndex

Sommario/riassunto

After considering the aging population in developed countries, it has become clear to physicians and public policy administrators that prevention of cancer must play a more important role in national anti-cancer policy than it has in the past. The recent introduction of an HPV vaccine, coupled with discoveries concerning the relationship of H. pylori and cancer has brought the role of infectious agents in cancer into sharp focus in the medical community. While interest in the subject



has grown, no single source existed to bring clinicians up-to-date on developments in disease mechanisms, popul