Title | Modification of Radiation Response [electronic resource] : Cytokines, Growth Factors, and Other Biological Targets / edited by Carsten Nieder, Luka Milas, K. Kian Ang |
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Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55613-5 |
Descript | X, 284 p. online resource |
I: Normal Tissues -- 1 The Potentional Role of Signaling Proteins in the Acceleration of Repopulating Normal and Malignant Tissues -- 2 Role of Radiation-Induced Signaling Proteins in the Response of Vascular and Connective Tissues -- 3 Pathogenetic Mechanisms of Lung Fibrosis -- 4 Strategies for Modification of the Radiation Response of the Lung -- 5 Mechanisms and Modification of the Radiation Response of Gastrointestinal Organs -- 6 Mechanisms and Modification of the Radiation Response of the Central Nervous System -- 7 Hematopoietic Tissue I: Response Modification by Erythropoietin -- 8 Hematopoietic Tissue II: Role of Colony-Stimulating Factors -- 9 Oral Mucosa: Response Modification by Keratinocyte Growth Factor -- II: Malignancies -- 10 Role of Growth Factors in Tumor Growth and Progression of Gynecological Tumors -- 11 Growth Factor Expression in Central Nervous System Tumours -- 12 Role of Growth Factors and Biological Response Modifiers in Lung, Head and Neck and Gastrointestinal Tumors -- 13 Role of Signaling Pathway Modification -- 14 Anti-VEGF Strategies in Combination with Radiotherapy -- 15 Role of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and Its Inhibition in Radiotherapy -- 16 Enhancement of the Radiation Response with Interleukins and Interferons -- 17 Enhancement of Radiation Response with TNF/TRAIL -- 18 Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and its Inhibition in Tumor Biology and Radiotherapy -- 19 Ras Signaling and Its Inhibition with Farnesyltransferase Inhibitors: Effects on Radiation Resistance and the Tumor Microenvironment -- List of Contributors