[Current Clinical Oncology] Prostate Cancer || Prostate Molecular Oncogenesis

✍ Scribed by Pestell, Richard G.; Nevalainen, Marja T.; Milken, Michael

• Book ID: 120693362
• Publisher: Humana Press
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 364 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1603270795
• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-079-3_4

✦ Synopsis

Histopathology And Molecular Biology Of Prostate Atrophy: A Lesion Associated With Inflammation, Prostate Intraepithelial Neoplasia, And Prostate Cancer -- Epigenetic Gene Silencing In Prostate Cancer -- Inherited Genetic Changes In Prostate Cancer -- Prostate Molecular Oncogenesis: Gene Deletions And Somatic Mutations -- Somatic Genetic Changes In Prostate Cancer: Androgen Receptor Alterations -- Androgen Receptor In Prostate Cancer Progression -- Epigenetic Modification And Aceylation Of Androgen Receptor Regulate Prostate Cellular Growth -- Estrogen Receptor A [alpha] And B [beta] In The Regulation Of Normal And Malignant Prostate Epithelium -- Estrogen Action In Normal Prostate Epithelium And In Prostate Cancer -- Hypoxia-inducible Factor 1 In The Angiogenesis Of Prostate Cancer -- Signal Transduction By The Ras-map Kinase Pathway In Prostate Cancer Progression -- Transcription Factors Stat5 And Stat3: Survival Factors For Prostate Cancer Cells -- Role Of P13k-akt And Pten In The Growth And Progression Of Prostate Cancer -- New Perspectives In Prediction Of Clinical Outcome Of Prostate Cancer; Tmprss2-ets Gene Fusion In Prostate Cancer -- New Directions In Radiation Therapy Of Prostate Cancer: Brachytherapy And Intensity-modulated Radiation Therapy -- The Current Knowledge Of Hormonal Therapy In The Treatment Of Prostate Cancer -- Advances In Surgical Intervention Of Porstate Cancer: Comparison Of The Benefits And Pitfalls Of Retropubic, Perineal, And Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectormy -- Targeted Therapy Trials For Prostate Cancer -- New Perspectives On Chemotherapy In Prostate Cancer -- Concluding Remarks: The Future Of Prostate Cancer. Edited By Richard G. Pestell, Marja T. Nevalainen ; Foreword By Michael Milken. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.