Title | Chemical Induction of Cancer [electronic resource] : Modulation and Combination Effects an Inventory of the Many Factors which Influence Carcinogenesis / edited by Joseph C. Arcos, Mary F. Argus, Yin-tak Woo |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Birkhรคuser Boston, 1995 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4076-1 |
Descript | XXXII, 712 p. online resource |
Prefatory Chapter Multifactor Interaction Network of Carcinogenesisโ A โTour Guideโ -- I. Introduction. The Interaction Network as a Graph -- II. Review of Elements of the Network-An Analysis of Their Interrelationships -- III. Closing Note -- References -- 1 Cross-Reactions between Carcinogens. Modification of Chemical Carcinogenesis by Noncarcinogenic Agents -- 2 Synergism and Antagonism between Chemical Carcinogens -- 3 Synergism in Carcinogenesis: Mathematical Approaches to Its Evaluation -- 4 Inhibition of Chemical Carcinogenesis -- 5 Promotion and Cocarcinogenesis -- Section I Tumor Promotion in Skin -- Section II Tumor Promotion in Liver -- Section IIIA Note on Multistage Carcinogenesis in Other Organs and In Vitro -- Section IIIB Note on Tumor Promoters, Cocarcinogens, and Nongenotoxic Carcinogens -- 6 Computerized Data Management as a Tool to Study Combination Effects in Carcinogenesis -- 7 Intercellular Communication: A Paradigm for the Interpretation of the Initiation/Promotion/Progression Model of Carcinogenesis -- Appendix to Part 1 Chemical Cancerogenesis: Definitions of Frequently Used Terms -- 2 Exogenous Factors and Endogenous Biological Parameters That Modulate Chemical Carcinogenesis -- 8 Immunotoxicology of Chemical Carcinogens -- 9 The Effect of Diet on Tumor Induction -- Section I. Effect of Caloric (Energy) Restriction -- Section II. Modulation by Protein and Individual Amino Acids -- Section III. Modulation by Vitamins -- Section IV. Modulation by Minerals -- Section V. Dietary Fiber and Its Effect on Cancer Incidence -- Editorsโ Note I to Chapter 9: Indirect Modification of Chemical Carcinogenesis by Nutritional Factors Through Regulation of the Mixed-Function Oxidase System -- Editorsโ Note II to Chapter 9: On Evidence for Preventive Significance of Dietary Supplementation -- 10 The Effect of Animal Age on Tumor Induction -- 11 The Effect of Hormones on Tumor Induction -- Section I. Brief Overview of the Endocrine System -- Section II. Hormonal Carcinogenesis -- Section III. Effect of Hormones on Carcinogenesis by Nonhormone Chemical Agents -- Editorsโ Note Added in Proof: On the Significance of Environmental Xenoestrogens -- 12 Effect of Genetic Susceptibility on Tumor Induction -- 13 Radiation Injury and Radiation Carcinogenesis with Special Reference to Combination Effects with Chemical Agents -- 14 Mechanisms of Viral Tumorigenesis and the Combination Effects of Viruses and Chemical Carcinogens -- Section I. General Characteristics of Tumor Viruses. Viral and Cellular Oncogenes. Nonviral Oncogene Activators. -- Section II. Molecular Biology of Virally-Induced Cell Transformation and Tumorigenesis -- Section III. Viral-Chemical Combination Effects in Tumorigenesis -- Speculative Closing Note -- 15 Effect of Stress on Tumor Induction -- Editorsโ Note Added in Proof: Stress Proteins: Heat-Shock Proteins/Molecular Chaperones -- 16 Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields and Cancer -- Postscriptum: An Editorโs Musings