Influence of the Host on Tumor Development

ISBN-13: 9780898389937 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 192 str.

Ronald B. Herberman

Opis

See entry RC269, Comparative aspects of tumor development. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Spis treści

1. Selected aspects of differentiation in malignant neoplastic growth.- 2. Some biochemical aspects of the metastatic dissemination of tumor cells.- 3. Tumor dormant states in man.- 4. Regenerative potential, innervation and oncogenesis.- 5. Regression of neoplasms in man.- 6. Regression of neoplasms in vertebrates.- 7. Regression of neoplasms in invertebrates with special emphasis on mollusca.- 8. Tumor reversal and tumor suppression in plants.- 9. A biological approach to an understanding of regression.- 10. Preconditions in the host-tumor relationship during local recurrence.- 11. Response of the central nervous system to cancer: general features and cancer-related dementias.- 12. Increased intracranial pressure.- 13. Cardiac and pulmonary complications of cancer.- 14. Dermatologic effects of cancer.- 15. Hematologic complications of cancer from the species specific view.- 16. Endocrine and metabolic function in patients with neoplastic disease.- 17. Hormone production by tumors: ectopia or gene derepression.- 18. Immunosuppression by metastatic tumors.- 19. Abnormal variation of the immune system as related to cancer.- 20. Animal models for liver metastasis.- 21. Problems in the assessment of lung cancer risk posed by ambient air pollutants.- 22. Carcinogenic activity of drinking water as related to the tumor initiating and promoting activity of trihalomethanes.- Index of subjects.