Integration/interaction of oncologic growth /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Meadows, Gary G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, [2005]
Series:Cancer growth and progression ; v. 15.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Microenvironmental effects on tumour progression and metastasis
  • Role of microenvironment on gene expression, angiogenesis and microvascular fuction in tumors
  • Imaging of angiogenesis in vivo with fluorescent proteins
  • The epigenetic influence of the tumor microenvironment of melanoma plasticity
  • Dynamics of cell adhesion interactions during melanoma development
  • Matrix metalloproteinases : mediators of tumour-host cell interactions
  • Role of brain microenvironment in brain metastases
  • Influence of the bone microenvironment on breast cancer metastasis to bone
  • Interaction of tumour with host stroma in hepatocellular carcinoma
  • Dynamic nature of tumour-host interactions within the tumor microenvironment
  • Breast cancer progression : a "vicious cycle" of pro-malignancy activities is mediated by inflammatory cells, chemokines and cytokines
  • Tumor and host endothelial cell selective interactions and modulation by microenvironmental chemokines : tumor-endothelial cell cross talk specificity
  • The role of chemokine receptors, in particular CXCR4, in lymphoma and carcinoma metastasis
  • Energy homeostasis and the tumor/host interaction : the role of the brain
  • Anti-angiogenic and pro-apoptotic effects of dietary restriction in experimental brain cancer : role of glucose and ketone bodies
  • Dietary restriction of specific amino acids modulates tumor and host interactions
  • Role of tumour microenvironment in chemoresistance
  • Integrin-mediated resistance to chemotherapy-induced apoptosis in cancer cells
  • Bone metastasis microenvironment participates in the development of androgen ablation refractoriness and chemotherapy resistance of prostate cancer cells residing in the skeleton : clinical implications
  • Current and future therapeutic targets of the tumour-host microenvironment
  • Bone stromal cells as therapeutic targets in osseous matastasis
  • Organtropism of lung cancer metastasis and its molecular targeted therapy
  • Maspin : a novel serine protease inhibitor
  • Metastasis suppressor genes : a brief review of an expanding field
  • Tumor-host interactions at the metastatic site : MKK4, signal transduction and the stress response