Environmental Factors, Genes, and the Development of Human Cancers - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1441967532 ISBN 13: 9781441967534

Casa editrice: Springer, 2011

Riassunto

Table of Contents Section 1 General Principles 1) Environmental Factors, Genes, and the Development of Human Cancers - Deodutta Roy and M. Tevfik Dorak 2) Gene-environment Interactions, Phenotypic Changes, and Human Health - Kenneth Olden 3) Statistics for Testing Gene-Environment Interaction - Momiao Xiong and Xuesen Wu 4) Clustering Studies for Identifying the Role of Environmental Factors in Etiology of Human Cancers - Richard J.Q. McNally 5) Application of Bioinformatics and Cancer - Changwon Yoo 6) Environment and Vascular Changes in Malignant Tissues - Quentin Felty 7) Epigenetic Changes in Cancer: Role of Environment - Zdenko Herceg and Paolo Boffetta 8) Approaches to Identify Environmental and Epigenomic Components or Covariates of Cancer and Disease Susceptibility- Alok Deoraj and Deodutta Roy Section 2 Environment and Specific Types of Cancer 9) Gene-environment Interaction and Susceptibility to Pediatric Brain Tumors - Brian Kunkle, David Sandberg, Prasanna Jayakar, Quentin Felty, Deodutta Roy 10) Genetic Polymorphisms Predisposing Individuals to Breast Cancer via Gene-environmental Interaction - Keun-Young Yoo, Sue K. Park, Aesun Shin 11) Environment, Genetic Immunology and Childhood Cancer - Esma Ucisik-Akkaya and M. Tevfik Dorak 12) Exposure to Environmental Mutagens: APC and colorectal carcinogenesis - Aruna S. Jaiswal, Melissa L. Armas, Shahnjayla K. Connors, Harekrushna Panda, Satya Narayan 13) Gene-environment Interactions and Susceptibility to Liver Cancer - John B. Colerangle 14) Genetic Epidemiology of Mismatch Repair Deficiency in Ovarian Cancer - Tuya Pal, Jenny Permuth Wey, Thomas A. Sellers Section 3 Case Studies 15) Chewing Betel Nut and Oral Cancer - Yashmin Choudhury and R. N. Sharan 16) Birth Weight and Cancer Associations - Nadia Barahmani and M. Fatih Okcu 17) Iron Excess and Cancer - Charronne F. Davis and M. Tevfik Dorak - Official Symbols and Full Names for Genes Mentioned in the Book by Their Popular Aliases - Basic Biostatistic, Epidemiologic and Genetic Concepts in Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology of Cancer

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1441967532
• ISBN 13: 9781441967534
• Rilegatura: Paperback
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