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zur Hausen provides a thorough and comprehensive reference for all oncologists, microbiologists and molecular biologists researching the relationships between infections and cancer.
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HISTORICAL REVIEW
The Early Period (1898-1911)
Frustration and Successes (1912-1950)
The Period from 1950 to 1965
A First Human Tumor Virus?
The Difficult 1970s
The Re-emergence of a Concept
THE QUEST FOR CAUSALITY
Infectious Agents as Direct Carcinogens
Infectious Agents as Indirect Carcinogens
TUMORS LINKED TO INFECTIONS - SOME GENERAL ASPECTS
Tumor Types Linked to Infections
Global Contributions of Infections to Human Cancer
Host Interactions with Potentially Carcinogenic Infections
HERPESVIRUSES AND ONCOGENESIS
Alphaherpesviridae
Betaherpesviridae
Gammaherpesviridae
PAPILLOMAVIRUSES - A MAJOR CAUSE OF HUMAN CANCERS
Introduction
Concept of Viral Interfering Cascades
Cancers Linked to HPV Infections
Role of Co-factors
Preventive Vaccination
Therapeutic Vaccination
Therapy
HEPADNAVIRUS FAMILY
Hepatitis B Virus
Animal Hepadnaviruses
FLAVIVIRUS FAMILY
Hepatitis C Virus
RETROVIRUS FAMILY
Human T-lymphotropic Retroviruses 1 (HTLV-1)
Human T-lymphotropic Retroviruses 2 (HTLV-2)
Human Endogenous Retroviruses
Gibbon Ape Leukaemia Virus and Simian Sarcoma Virus
OTHER VIRUS INFECTIONS POSSIBLY INVOLVED IN HUMAN CANCERS
Polyomaviruses (JC, BK and SV40)
HELICOBACTER, CHRONIC INFLAMMATION AND CANCER
Discovery, Taxonomy and Genomics
Life Cycle, Specificity, and Virulence Determinants in Cancer Development
Prevention of H. Pylori Induced Cancer
Animal Models
Virulence Determinants of Enterohepatic Helicobacter Spp
Enterohepatic Helicobacter Spp. - Are they Cocarcinogens?
PARASITES AND HUMAN CANCER
Schistosomiasis
Infection with Liver Flukes (Opisthorchis Viverrini, O. Felineus, Clonorchis Sinensis)
CANCERS WITH A POSSIBLE INFECTIOUS ETIOLOGY
Leukemias and Lymphomas
Human Breast Cancer
Other Human Cancers Possibly Linked to Infectious Events
Verfasserangabe:
Harald zur Hausen. With contributions of James G. Fox, Timothy C. Wang and Julie Parsonnet
Jahr:
2006
Verlag:
Weinheim [u.a.], Wiley-VCH
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ISBN:
3527310568
Beschreibung:
XIV, 517 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
Sprache:
englisch||
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