Advancements in Cancer Research (Cancer Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatments)

Description

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. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)

Table of Contents

Preface

An Outlook on Uterine Neoplasms: from Hormonal and DNA Damaging to cervical and Endometrial Cancer Development and Minimally INvasive Management
(Andrea Tinelli, Antonio Malvasi, Giuseppe Leo, Ughetta Vergari, Roberta Martignago and Daniele Vergara) pp.1-28

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) pp.29-44

Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma (Filamer D. Kabigting and Doru T. Alexandrescu) pp.45-60

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, O.S. Ryzhakova, N.P. Kisseleva, L.E. Zavalishina, Ju.Ju. Andreeva and G.A. Frank)pp.61-74

Over Expression of Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors in Breast Cancer Development
(Sutapa Mukhopadhyay and Salil K. Das)pp.75-86

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)pp.87-104

Pathogenesis of Kaposi Sarcoma Associated With Human Herpesvirus-8 Infection
(Masachika Senba and Naoki Mori)pp.105-132

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Approaches in the Treatment of Cancer
(Sanjiv K. Duggal, Amritpal S. Saroya and
Jaswinder S. Chauhan)pp.133-142

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Mechanisms of Drug Resistance
(Malathy P.V. Shekhar)pp.143-162

Bee Venom and Melittin are Cytotoxic Against Different Types of Tumor and Non-Tumor Cell Lines in Vitro
(Goran Gajski, Tamara Èimbora-Zovko, Maja Osmak and Vera Garaj-Vrhovac) pp.163-178

Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Resected Colorectal Cancer
(N.S. Brown, S.A. Mullamitha and J.W. Valle)pp.179-216

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)pp.217-244

An Introductory in Metabolism of Xenobiotics
(Tarek H. EL-Metwally) pp.245-258

Index pp.259-277