Infection and Cancer: Bi-Directorial Interactions - Shurin, Michael R.; Thanavala, Yasmin; Ismail, Nahed; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
Infection and Cancer: Multi-directorial relationship -- Part I Infection-associated cancers -- Human tumor viruses: A historical perspective -- Epidemiology of virus infection and human cancer -- Bacterial infections and cancer development -- Human protozoal infections and their potential for causing neoplasms -- An update on helminths in human carcinogenesis -- Infection-associated hematological malignancies -- Multiple infections and cancer: Etiology, mechanisms and implications in cancer control -- Inflammatory mechanisms of infection-associated cancer -- Part II Infection-associated cancers: Specific examples -- Helicobacter pylori: The cancer bug -- Oral infection, carcinogenesis and cancer -- Streptococcus Bovis and colorectal cancer -- Human papillomavirus-related cancers -- Part III Cancer-associated infections -- Infectious diseases in cancer patients: An overview -- Part IV Infection and cancer: Comorbid development -- Comorbid development of infection and cancer -- Part V Infection agent-based vectors for cancer therapy -- Bacterial cancer therapy: how patients might benefit from Salmonella infections -- Development of Salmonella-based cancer vaccines -- Harnessing the host immune response to infection - BCG immunotherapy for bladder cancer -- Index.
Keywords: Cancer research; Infectious diseases; Immunology; Microbiology; Cancer Research; Infectious Diseases; Immunology; Microbiology