| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 866 pages) : portraits (some color) |
| Series |
Current cancer research |
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Current cancer research.
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| Contents |
Peyton Rous: A Centennial Tribute to the Founding Father of Cancer Virology -- Viruses and Cancer: A Historical Perspective -- HBV and Prevention of a Cancer -- Virus-Mediated Cell Proliferation -- Viral-Encoded Genes and Cancer -- Oncogenic Viruses and Cancer Transmission -- DNA Viruses and Cancer: Taking a Broader Look -- Herpesviruses and Cancer -- Lymphocryptoviruses: EBV and Its Role in Human Cancer -- Nonhuman Primate Gamma-herpesviruses and Their Role in Cancer -- Rhadinoviruses: KSHV and Associated Malignancies -- Retroperitoneal Fibromatosis Herpesvirus and Kaposi's Sarcoma-Like Tumors in Macaques -- Murine Gammaherpesvirus-Associated Tumorigenesis -- Marek's Disease Virus-Induced T-Cell Lymphomas -- Polyomaviruses and Cancer -- Polyomavirus SV40: Model Infectious Agent of Cancer -- BK Polyomavirus and Transformation -- Polyomavirus JC and Human Cancer: Possible Role of Stem Cells in Pathogenesis -- Merkel Cell Polyomavirus -- Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer -- Tumorigenesis by Adenovirus Type 12 E1A -- Overview of Hepatitis Viruses and Cancer -- Hepadnaviruses and Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Hepatitis C Virus and Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Human and Animal Retroviruses: HIV-1 Infection Is a Risk Factor for Malignancy -- HTLV-1 and Oncogenesis -- Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 2 (HTLV-2) Biology and Pathogenesis -- Mechanisms of Oncogenesis by Avian and Murine Retroviruses -- Rous Sarcoma Virus: Contributions of a Chicken Virus to Tumor Biology, Human Cancer Therapeutics, and Retrovirology -- Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus and Cancer -- Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus and Lung Cancer -- Small RNAs and Their Role in Herpesvirus-Mediated Cancers -- Viral Malignancies in HIV-Associated Immune Deficiency |
| Summary |
Annotation The acknowledgment that viruses are potent biological factors in driving many cancers have seen a dramatic upsurge in recent years in large part to the success of the human papilloma virus vaccine against invasive cervical carcinomas and followed by the awarding of the noble prize in medicine in 2008 to Dr. Harald zurHausen who identified the link between papilloma virus and cervical cancers. Over the last few years there have been some volumes addressing different aspects of viruses and cancers and to some extent focusing on the DNA viruses, more specifically the human DNA viruses. This proposed volume will attempt to review and address the major gaps in current knowledge in DNA viruses as well as RNA viruses bringing a historical perspective of where studies began to a more recent molecular approach and vaccine successes in tumor viruses. We will also cover other known oncogenic viruses associated cancers in other mammals in addition to humans |
| Analysis |
Medicine |
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Oncology |
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Toxicology |
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Biomedicine |
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Cancer Research |
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Pharmacology/Toxicology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Oncogenic viruses.
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Viral carcinogenesis.
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Oncogenic Viruses
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Tumor Virus Infections
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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Médecine.
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Oncogenic viruses
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Viral carcinogenesis
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Robertson, Erle S.
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| ISBN |
9781461400165 |
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1461400163 |
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144199999X |
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9781441999993 |
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