Inflammation and Gastrointestinal Cancers
Inflammation in gastrointestinal mucosa can remodel the topography of the overlying epithelium. If such inflammation is chronic, it has fundamental clinical consequences, the principal of which is premalignant metaplasia throughout the alimentary tract. Furthermore, mucosal inflammation, even if sub...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2011.
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| Colección: | Recent Results in Cancer Research ;
185. Springer eBooks. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32890059*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Basic concepts of inflammation and its role in carcinogenesis
- Inherited syndromes predisposing to inflammation and GI cancer
- Stem cell biology and mucosal inflammation
- Acid reflux and esophageal cancer
- H Pylori and gastric cancer
- Inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer
- Liver cancer
- Current screening strategies
- Targeted drug therapies and cancer
- Genetics of inflammation in the GI tract and how it can cause cancer
- Endoscopic methods.
