Advancements in cancer research / / Kajsa Viktorsson, editor

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.99/40072
• Soggetto topico: Cancer - Research
• Altri autori: ViktorssonKajsa
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: An outlook on uterine neoplasms : from hormonal and DNA damaging to cervical and endometrial cancer development and minimally invasive management / Andrea Tinelli ... [et al.] -- Breast cancer knowledge, risk factors, and screening among adult Saudi women at primary care setting / Tarek Tawfik Amin, Amira Gamal Al Din Abdul Rahman, and Abdullalh Al Meqihwi -- Dendritic cell immunotherapy for the treatment of malignant melanoma / Filamer D. Kabigting and Doru T. Alexandrescu -- Matrix metalloproteinases : MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-9 and their endogenous inhibitors : TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 in -- Squoamous cell cervical carcinomas / N.I. Solovyeva ... [et al.] -- Over expression of peripheral benzodiazepine receptors in breast cancer development / Sutapa Mukhopadhyay and Salil K. Das -- Role of effectors on hypoxia due to nitric oxide production in human alveolar epithelial cells and oxygen -- Depletion in human hepatocytes / Soonjo Kwon and Rakesh Sharma -- Pathogenesis of Kaposi sarcoma associated with human herpesvirus-8 infection / Masachika Senba and Naoki Mori -- Complementary and alternative medicine approaches in the treatment of cancer / Sanjiv K. Duggal, Amritpal S. Saroya, and Jaswinder S. Chauhan -- Intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms of drug resistance / Malathy P.V. Shekhar -- Bee venom and melittin are cytotoxic against different types of tumor and non-tumor cell lines in vitro / Goran Gajski ... [et al.] -- Adjuvant chemotherapy for resected colorectal cancer / N.S. Brown, S.A. Mullamitha, and J.W. Valle -- High-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy in the management of primary and recurrent gynaecologic malignancies : clinical experience and review of the literature / Isabelle Thibault and Eric Vigneault -- An introductory in metabolism of xenobiotics / Tarek H. EL-Metwally.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents current research in the biology, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Topics discussed include breast cancer knowledge, risk factors and screenings; uterine neoplasms; dendritic cell immunotherapy for the treatment of malignant melanoma; role of effectors on hypoxia due to nitric oxide production in human alveolar epithelial cells; complementary and alternative medicine approaches in the treatment of cancer; intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms of drug resistance and adjuvant chemotherapy for resected colorectal cancer.
• Titolo autorizzato: Advancements in cancer research
• ISBN: 1-61470-260-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972863403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cancer etiology, diagnosis, and treatments.