HPV and other infectious agents in cancer: opportunities for prevention and public health
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 2010
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : infection and cancer : an expanding paradigm -- Human papillomavirus : structure, transmission & occurrence -- Human papillomavirus : infection, natural history & carcinogenesis -- Human papillomavirus : associations with cervical cancer -- Human papillomavirus : associations with noncervical cancer -- Human papillomavirus : detection of infection and disease -- Human papillomavirus : prevention of infection and disease -- Hepatitis viruses -- Helicobacter pylori -- Epstein-Barr virus -- Human herpesvirus type 8 -- Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 -- Conclusion : infection and cancer : a paradigm shift
After considering the aging population in developed countries, it has become clear to physicians and public policy administrators that prevention of cancer must play a more important role in national anti-cancer policy than it has in the past. The recent introduction of an HPV vaccine, coupled with discoveries concerning the relationship of H. pylori and cancer has brought the role of infectious agents in cancer into sharp focus in the medical community. While interest in the subject has grown, no single source existed to bring clinicians up-to-date on developments in disease mechanisms, popul
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ISBN:0199732914
0199774382
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