Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer

Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer edited by Martin Lipkin.

In observing the development of modern scientific knowledge, many indivi­ duals have expressed concern over the rapid growth of information in various specialized disciplines. Over 100 years ago the first Secretary of the Smith­ sonian Institution, and more recently Dr. Vannevar Bush while proposing...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lipkin, Martin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1978.
Edition:1st ed. 1978.
Series:Sloan-Kettering Institute cancer series
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Gastroenterology .
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Table of Contents:
  • Section I Biological Organization of Gastrointestinal Mucosa
  • 1 Proliferation and Differentiation of Gastrointestinal Cells in Health and Disease
  • 2 T- and B-Cell Populations in Gut and Gut-Associated Lymphoid Organs: Arrangement, Migration, and Function
  • Section IIA Individual and Familial Susceptibility to Gastrointestinal Malignancy: Immune Mechanisms
  • 3 Immunodeficiency Diseases and Malignancy
  • 4 Recognitive Immunity in Colon Cancer
  • 5 Immunological Dysfunction with Atrophic Gastritis and Gastric Malignancy
  • 6 The Digestive Form of a-Chain Disease
  • Section IIB Individual and Familial Susceptibility to Gastrointestinal Malignancy: Environmental and Hereditary Factors
  • 7 Epidemiology of Esophageal Cancer
  • 8 Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer
  • 9 Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer
  • 10 Heredity and Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer
  • 11 Familial Polyposis Coli
  • 12 Defining the Precursor Tissue of Ordinary Large Bowel Carcinoma: Implications for Cancer Prevention
  • Section III Use of Experimental Models
  • 13 Experimental Stomach Carcinogenesis
  • 14 Experimental Colon Carcinogenesis
  • 15 Mathematical Models of Carcinogenesis and Tumor Growth in an Experimental Rat Colon Adenocarcinoma
  • 16 Development of Model Colorectal Cancer Systems for Pharmacological Research
  • 17 Use of Experimental Models in the Study of Approaches to Treatment of Colorectal Cancer
  • Section IV Future Directions in Early Detection and Diagnosis
  • 18 Early Diagnosis and Detection of Colorectal Cancer in High-Risk Population Groups
  • 19 Logic and Logistics of Monitoring Large Bowel Cancer
  • 20 Enzymes of Normal and Malignant Intestine
  • 21 Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Risk Factors and Prospects for Early Detection
  • 22 Cytopathology of Human Gastrointestinal Cancers
  • 23 The Skin and Gastrointestinal Malignancy
  • Section V Future Directions in Therapy
  • 24 Early and Definitive Surgical Therapy for Colonic and Rectal Cancer
  • 25 Chemotherapy of Colorectal Cancer: A Critical Analysis of Response Criteria and Therapeutic Efficacy
  • 26 Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy in Colorectal Cancer.

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