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Infectious Agents and Cancer

Authors:

  1. Anton G. Kutikhin

    1. Kemerovo State Medical Academy, Kemerovo, Russia

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  2. Arseniy E. Yuzhalin

    1. Kemerovo State Medical Academy, Kemerovo, Russia

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  3. Elena B. Brusina

    1. Kemerovo State Medical Academy, Kemerovo, Russia

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  • A comprehensive analysis of the whole body of information about «unconventional» carcinogenic infectious agents

  • Well-written text easily understandable for the wide audience but still useful even for the specialists who are familiar with the problem

  • Helpful tables systematizing the key information on the field

  • A list of all infectious agents suspected in cancer causation

  • Principles of how to carry out a study devoted to biological carcinogenesis

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Criteria of Inclusion of Infectious Agents in the List of Biological Carcinogens

    • Anton G. Kutikhin, Arseniy E. Yuzhalin, Elena B. Brusina
    Pages 1-2

  3. General Mechanisms of Biological Carcinogenesis

    • Anton G. Kutikhin, Arseniy E. Yuzhalin, Elena B. Brusina
    Pages 3-4

  4. The Role of Bacteria in Cancer Development

    • Anton G. Kutikhin, Arseniy E. Yuzhalin, Elena B. Brusina
    Pages 5-78

  5. The Role of Protozoa in Cancer Development

    • Anton G. Kutikhin, Arseniy E. Yuzhalin, Elena B. Brusina
    Pages 79-87

  6. The Role of Helminthes and Fungi in Cancer Development

    • Anton G. Kutikhin, Arseniy E. Yuzhalin, Elena B. Brusina
    Pages 89-92

  7. Organ Microbiota in Cancer Development: The Holy Grail of Biological Carcinogenesis

    • Anton G. Kutikhin, Arseniy E. Yuzhalin, Elena B. Brusina
    Pages 93-109

  8. Conclusions: Are We There Yet?

    • Anton G. Kutikhin, Arseniy E. Yuzhalin, Elena B. Brusina
    Pages 111-113

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 115-116
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About this book

​Over the years of cancer investigation a lot of discoveries in this field were made, and many associations between various biological carcinogens and cancer were revealed. Some of them are credibly determined, thus these infectious agents (human papilloma virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, Epstein-Barr virus, human herpes virus 8, human T-cell lymphotropic virus 1, human immunodeficiency virus, Merkel cell polyomavirus, Helicobacter pylori, Opisthorchis viverrini, Clonorchis sinensis, Schistosoma haematobium) are recognized as carcinogens and probable carcinogens by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The problem is of large importance, since share of infectious agents-related cancer cases is steadily increasing, reaching 25% according to certain estimates. It is worth noting that many of cancer cases are caused by infectious agents other than «conventional ones» like HPV, EBV, HBV, HCV, H.pylori etc. In recent years, a number of significant breakthroughs in the field were performed, such as the discovery of the microbiota role in cancer causation.
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Keywords

  • International Agency for Research on Cancer
  • biological carcinogens and cancer
  • carcinogens and probable carcinogens
  • infectious agents
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Kemerovo State Medical Academy, Kemerovo, Russia

    Anton G. Kutikhin, Arseniy E. Yuzhalin, Elena B. Brusina

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Infectious Agents and Cancer

  • Authors: Anton G. Kutikhin, Arseniy E. Yuzhalin, Elena B. Brusina

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5955-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-5954-1Published: 05 December 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8073-5Published: 29 January 2015

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-5955-8Published: 05 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 118

  • Topics: Cancer Research, Microbiology, Bacteriology, Biomedicine, general

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