Comparative Aspects of Tumor Development

Buch | Softcover

258 Seiten

2011 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-010-6981-6 (ISBN)

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of the interaction and relationship of both systems is chal- In this volume, aspects of neoplastic spread, already elu- cidated in Volumes I-IV of this series, are considered lenging indeed. against a broad biological background. The mammalian The volume also reviews environmental oncology and species-specific aspects of environmental chain reactions. It orders constituting the logical framework for man as focal point of a comparative oncology are reviewed. Selected is apparent that the environment plays a significant role in examples of neoplastic progression in various taxonomic the development of neoplasms. Neoplasms among the spe- units are provided, beginning with the opposite pole of ci es have become much more common as a result of man's taxonomic development, the vascular plants, where no impact on the environment. The latter chapters present a metastatis of malignant neoplasms occur. Among in- brief review of geologic and technologic and cuItural vertebrates, vertebrates, and vascular plants, Iining mem- changes, and the implications of species-specific cancer pro- branes (epithelia) exhibit the highest degree of comparabil- gression.
The remainder of this section outlines a number of ity. Metastases also occur, but more rarely, in invertebrates; selected chain reactions leading to neoplastic development and are discussed as they are found in the nonmammalian in certain members of these chains. A discussion of the vertebrates: in fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds. Diseases storage of chemical carcinogens in plants and their interac- ofthe leukemia (Ieucosis)-Iymphoma complex are present in tion with other causes of neoplastic growth is also included.

A. Taxonomic Aspects.- 1. Neoplastic dissemination and spreading from the viewpoint of comparative pathology: Differences and similarities between animals and plants.- 2. Review of selected aspects of neoplastic progression in the mammalian orders.- 3. Neoplastic progression in plants.- 4. Selected aspects of neoplastic progression in mollusks.- 5. Leucoses in invertebrates.- 6. Metastasis of invertebrate neoplasms.- 7. Selected aspects of neoplastic growth in arthropods.- 8. Metastases in fish.- 9. Metastases in amphibians.- 10. Selected aspects of neoplastic progression in reptiles.- 11. Lymphocytic neoplasms in reptiles and fish.- 12. Spread and metastasis of tumors in birds.- 13. Progression of avian lymphoid leucosis.- 14. Immunologic aspects of neoplastic progression in Marek’s disease.- 15. Feather-pulp lesions during the course of Marek’s disease virus-induced lymphoma formation in chickens.- 16. Testicular tumors: Species and strain variations.- 17. Species-specific interaction of the breast and the lymphatic system (lymph nodes) in mammalian tumorigenesis.- 18. Multiple endocrine syndrome in SHN mice: Mammary tumors and uterine adenomyosis.- 19. Etiology, morphology and pathogenesis of proliferative and hyperplastic lesions and neoplasms of mouse mammary gland.- 20. Comparative aspects of mammary cancer.- 21. Cardiac tumors in laboratory rodents - Comparative pathology.- 22. Progression of cancer in domestic animals (except poultry).- 23. Chemoreceptor neoplasia: Comparative features in laboratory animals, domestic animals, and man.- 24. Bovine lymphoma - Epidemiology, diagnosis, transmission, pathology.- B. Environment Oncology or Specific aspects of Environmental Chain Reaction.- 25. Introduction: Geologic and technologic-cultural changes and theirimplications for species-specific cancer progression.- 26. Spontaneous tumors of free-ranging terrestrial mammals of North America.- 27. Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon residues in shellfish: Species variations and apparent intraspecific differences.- 28. The human population - A final receptor for chemical contaminants.- 29. Chemical carcinogens in plants and interaction with viruses and cancer causation.

Reihe/Serie	Cancer Growth and Progression ; 5
Zusatzinfo	258 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	195 x 260 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
Themenwelt	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Pathologie
ISBN-10	94-010-6981-6 / 9401069816
ISBN-13	978-94-010-6981-6 / 9789401069816
Zustand	Neuware