Comparative Aspects of Tumor Development

ISBN-13: 9789401069816 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 258 str.

Hans E. Kaiser (University of Maryland)

Opis

of the interaction and relationship of both systems is chal In this volume, aspects of neoplastic spread, already elu cidated in Volumes I-IV of this series, are considered lenging indeed. against a broad biological background. The mammalian The volume also reviews environmental oncology and species-specific aspects of environmental chain reactions. It orders constituting the logical framework for man as focal point of a comparative oncology are reviewed. Selected is apparent that the environment plays a significant role in examples of neoplastic progression in various taxonomic the development of neoplasms. Neoplasms among the spe units are provided, beginning with the opposite pole of ci es have become much more common as a result of man's taxonomic development, the vascular plants, where no impact on the environment. The latter chapters present a metastatis of malignant neoplasms occur. Among in brief review of geologic and technologic and cuItural vertebrates, vertebrates, and vascular plants, Iining mem changes, and the implications of species-specific cancer pro branes (epithelia) exhibit the highest degree of comparabil gression. The remainder of this section outlines a number of ity. Metastases also occur, but more rarely, in invertebrates; selected chain reactions leading to neoplastic development and are discussed as they are found in the nonmammalian in certain members of these chains. A discussion of the vertebrates: in fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds. Diseases storage of chemical carcinogens in plants and their interac ofthe leukemia (Ieucosis)-Iymphoma complex are present in tion with other causes of neoplastic growth is also included."

Recenzje

`Like the preceeding four volumes of this series, this is a book of both information and reference that is a must for every research oncologist. The price is acceptable in view of the high informative value '
`The breadth and comprehensiveness of the entire series are amazing. ...This series is comprehensive, and the quality of science, writing, and graphics is maintained to the highest standards throughout the series. Finally, it is rewarding to find an entire series in which the clinical and basic sciences receive equal treatment and the subject matter is understandable to both the clinician and the basic science researcher.'
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 83 (3) February 1991

Spis treści

A. Taxonomic Aspects.- 1. Neoplastic dissemination and spreading from the viewpoint of comparative pathology: Differences and similarities between animals and plants.- 2. Review of selected aspects of neoplastic progression in the mammalian orders.- 3. Neoplastic progression in plants.- 4. Selected aspects of neoplastic progression in mollusks.- 5. Leucoses in invertebrates.- 6. Metastasis of invertebrate neoplasms.- 7. Selected aspects of neoplastic growth in arthropods.- 8. Metastases in fish.- 9. Metastases in amphibians.- 10. Selected aspects of neoplastic progression in reptiles.- 11. Lymphocytic neoplasms in reptiles and fish.- 12. Spread and metastasis of tumors in birds.- 13. Progression of avian lymphoid leucosis.- 14. Immunologic aspects of neoplastic progression in Marek’s disease.- 15. Feather-pulp lesions during the course of Marek’s disease virus-induced lymphoma formation in chickens.- 16. Testicular tumors: Species and strain variations.- 17. Species-specific interaction of the breast and the lymphatic system (lymph nodes) in mammalian tumorigenesis.- 18. Multiple endocrine syndrome in SHN mice: Mammary tumors and uterine adenomyosis.- 19. Etiology, morphology and pathogenesis of proliferative and hyperplastic lesions and neoplasms of mouse mammary gland.- 20. Comparative aspects of mammary cancer.- 21. Cardiac tumors in laboratory rodents - Comparative pathology.- 22. Progression of cancer in domestic animals (except poultry).- 23. Chemoreceptor neoplasia: Comparative features in laboratory animals, domestic animals, and man.- 24. Bovine lymphoma - Epidemiology, diagnosis, transmission, pathology.- B. Environment Oncology or Specific aspects of Environmental Chain Reaction.- 25. Introduction: Geologic and technologic-cultural changes and their implications for species-specific cancer progression.- 26. Spontaneous tumors of free-ranging terrestrial mammals of North America.- 27. Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon residues in shellfish: Species variations and apparent intraspecific differences.- 28. The human population - A final receptor for chemical contaminants.- 29. Chemical carcinogens in plants and interaction with viruses and cancer causation.