Cancer of the Liver, Esophagus, and Nasopharynx

ISBN-13: 9783540169673 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 208 str.

Gustav Wagner; You-Hui Zhang

Opis

To stimulate greater German-Chinese cooperation in the field of oncology, the Ger man Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) carried through a "Chinese-German Sympo sium on Cancer of the Liver, the Esophagus, and the Nasopharynx" in Heidelberg from 3 to 5 July 1985. These three forms of cancer were chosen as they are extremely rare in Europe but some of the most frequently found forms in China. Almost half of the roughly 260000 cases of primary liver cancer occurring annually worldwide are Chinese; of the roughly 300000 esophagus cancers occurring annually, more than half are Chinese; nasopharyngeal cancer is roughly 100 times more frequent among Chinese people than in Caucasians. Under these circumstances, it is not surprising that the Chinese guest speakers of the Heidelberg symposium - selected specialists in the three subsections of oncolo gy mentioned - were able to report about extensive experiences with patient popu lations of a size hardly imaginable in Europe. The great clinical experience of the Chinese guests was supplemented by special contributions of European experts. Thus, this volume permits a topical survey of the state of the art in these three can cers, with subsections of epidemiology, pathology, and clinical treatment. The editors wish to thank the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT) for their encouragement and direct help in preparing and carrying through the symposium, the Management Board of the DKFZ for their generous assistance and Springer-Verlag for the publication and excellent production of this volume."

Spis treści

I Opening Presentation.- Selenium as a Possible Chemopreventive Agent Against Cancer.- II Cancer of the Liver.- Epidemiology of Primary Liver Carcinoma.- Epidemiology of Primary Liver Cancer in a West German Population: The Saarland.- Risk Factors of Primary Liver Cancer in the High Prevalence Area Chongming County; Results from a 5-Year Follow-up.- Cytopathology and Pathogenesis of Primary Liver Tumors.- Proliferation and Clonal Selection in Hepatocarcinogenesis.- Oncogenes in Primary Hepatic Cancer.- Hepatitis B Virus Sequences and Their Expression in Human Hepatoma Cells.- Subclinical Hepatocellular Carcinoma.- Effects of 13 Mutagens on Rat Hepatic Microsomal Enzymes.- Four Hundred Cases of Hepatic Resection for Primary Liver Cancer.- III. Cancer of the Esophagus.- Epidemiology of Esophageal Cancer in China.- Cancer of the Esophagus in Migrants from Different Areas in China.- Cocarcinogens of the Diterpene Ester Type as Principal Risk Factors of Cancer in Curaçao and Possibly in South China: Identification of Second Order Risk Factors of Cancer in Multifactorial Carcinogenesis.- A Survey of the Familial Aggregation of Esophageal Cancer in Yangcheng County, Shanxi Province.- Chemical Factors in the Pathogenesis of Esophageal Carcinoma.- Vitamin Intervention in Precancerous Lesions of the Esophagus in a High-Risk Population of China.- Effect of N-Nitrosamine on Human Esophageal Epithelium Collected from Populations from a High-Risk Area for Esophageal Cancer in Northern China.- Papillomavirus Infections in Esophageal Cancer.- Experience with Combined Preoperative Irradiation and Surgery for Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus.- A Study of Tumor-Associated Antigens.- IV Cancer of the Nasopharynx.- Epidemiology of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma with Special Reference to Early Detection and Pre-NPC Conditions.- Histopathological Aspects of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Prospective Study of Serum VCA-IGA Antibody in the Normal Population in Guangdong Province of China.- Prospective Studies on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Epstein-Barr Virus Inducers.- Control of Epstein-Barr Virus-Related Disease.- The Role of Epstein-Barr Virus in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- The Role of Promotion in the Carcinogenesis of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.- Clinical Course and Therapy of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.