Infections causing human cancer
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Published: |
Wiley-VCH John Wiley [distributor],
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Publisher Address: | Weinheim Chichester |
Publication Dates: | c2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xiv, 517 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
3527310568 (hbk.) 9783527310562 (hbk.) |
Index Number: | R730 |
CLC: | R730.2 |
Call Number: | R730.2/Z962 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Historical review -- The Quest for causality -- Tumors linked to infections: some general aspects -- Herpesviruses and oncogenesis -- Papillomavirus infections: a major cause of human cancers -- Hepadnaviruses -- Flaviviruses -- Retrovirus family -- Other virus infections possibly involved in human cancers -- Helicobacter, chronic inflammation, and cancer -- Parasites and human cancers -- Cancers with a possible infectious etiology. |