Overview

This unique book summarizes current knowledge on co-development of infectious diseases and cancer. It provides an overview of the complex and unique role of the immune system, inflammation, tumor-mediated immunosuppression and infection-induced immunomodulation in cancer and infection progression. Chapters are organized into themed parts, beginning with a look at the historical perspective of human tumor viruses, then aspects and examples of infection-related cancers and cancer-associated infections. The work discusses how cancer- and infection-associated immune responses interact in a bi-directorial fashion and how these interactions may evolve during both disease progression and in response to therapy. The phenomenon of independent development of cancer and infection in the same host, known as comorbid cancer-infection progression, is explored. Understanding the complex pathways involved in the progression of infection and cancer will allow the prevention of the development of certain types of cancer, as well as advancing prophylactic anti-cancer vaccines. Readers of this work will discover innovative approaches for multidisciplinary projects, focusing on the design of original therapeutic modalities for cancer therapy. The book will therefore be particularly valuable to scholars interested in cancer immunology and researchers and clinicians in the field of basic and applied immunobiology and microbiology.

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Author:   Michael R. Shurin ,  Yasmin Thanavala ,  Nahed Ismail
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2015 ed.
Weight:   6.263kg
ISBN:  

9783319347660

ISBN 10:   3319347667
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   23 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Infection and Cancer: Multi-directorial relationship Michael R. Shurin, Jinbao Zong, Anton A. Keskinov  Part I  Infection-associated cancers  Human tumor viruses: A historical perspective Joseph S. Pagano  Epidemiology of virus infection and human cancer Jessica Liu, Hwai-I Yang, Mei-Hsuan Lee, Wan-Lun Hsu, Hui-Chi Chen, Chien-Jen Chen  Bacterial infections and cancer development Marianna Agassandian and Galina V. Shurin  Human protozoal infections and their potential for causing neoplasms Raavi Gupta, Maja Nowakowski, M.A. Haseeb  An update on helminths in human carcinogenesis Aditya Reddy and Bernard Fried  Infection-associated hematological malignancies Dmitriy W. Gutkin  Multiple infections and cancer: Etiology, mechanisms and implications in cancer control Verma Mukesh  Inflammatory mechanisms of infection-associated cancer Jotham Suez, Maayan Levy, Christoph A. Thaiss, Eran Elinav  Part II  Infection-associated cancers: Specific examples   Helicobacter pylori: The cancer bug Jyoti Mishra, Paolo Ruggiero, Fabio Bagnoli, Rino Rappuoli, Markus Stein  Oral infection, carcinogenesis and cancer Jukka H. Meurman and Antonio Bascones-Martinez  Streptococcus Bovis and colorectal cancer Salvatore Galdy  Human papillomavirus-related cancers Antonio Carlos de Freitas, Ana Pavla Almeida Diniz Gurgel, Bárbara Simas Chagas, Carolina Medeiros do Amaral, Eliane Campos Coimbra, Elyda Gonçalves de Lima, Jacinto da Costa Silva Neto, Maria da Conceição Gomes Leitão, Rita de Cássia Pereira de Lima  Part III           Cancer-associated infections  Infectious diseases in cancer patients: An overview Tatiana Zorina  and Alexis Styche  Part IV           Infection and cancer: Comorbid development   Comorbid development of infection and cancer Nahed Ismail, Michael R. Shurin, Abdulrahman Zaghloul  Part V             Infection agent-based vectors for cancer therapy   Bacterial cancer therapy: how patients might benefit from Salmonella infectionsPaulina Chorobik, Dominik Czaplicki, Karolina Ossysek, Joanna Bereta  Development of Salmonella-based cancer vaccines Xin Xu, Michael Hensel, Leonid S. Metelitsa  Harnessing the host immune response to infection - BCG immunotherapy for bladder cancer Hana Zdimerova, Matthew L. Albert, Molly A. Ingersoll Index    

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