Mechanisms of Molecular Carcinogenesis – Volume 1

1. The Endocannabinoid System in Carcinogenesis
Rudolf Schicho

2. MACC1, a Novel Player in Solid Cancer Carcinogenesis
Giridhar Mudduluru, Katharina Ilm, Mathias Dahlmann, Ulrike Stein

3. Axl and Its Mediated Signaling Axis in Cancer
Giridhar Mudduluru

4. Insulin Signaling Linking Metabolism and Malignancy
Sonja M. Kessler, Alexandra K. Kiemer

5. Translational Control and mTOR in Cancer
Rita Seeböck, Nicole Golob-Schwarzl, Stefanie Krassnig

6. NF-κB and Its Implication in Liver Health and Cancer Development
Kira Bettermann

7. Molecular Carcinogenesis of Glial Brain Tumors
Peter Strasser, Serge Weis

8. Molecular Carcinogenesis of Non-glial Brain Tumors
Serge Weis, Peter Strasser

9. Molecular Carcinogenesis of Uveal Melanoma
Werner Wackernagel, Lisa Tarmann, Gerald Langmann, Arun D. Singh

10. Molecular Aspects of Thyroid Carcinogenesis
Rita Seeböck, Johannes Haybaeck, Oleksiy Tsybrovskyy

11. Carcinogenesis in the Epithelium of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract
Dietmar Thurnher

12. Carcinogenesis of Sinonasal Carcinomas
P. V. Tomazic

13. Parotid Cancer
Axel Wolf

14. Carcinogenesis of Laryngeal Tumors
G. P. Hammer

15. Photodynamic Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: Functional, Clinical, and Immunological Aspects
Joerg Lindenmann, Nicole Fink-Neuboeck

16. Biomarkers for Predicting Neoplastic Progression in Barrett’s Esophagus
F. Durchschein, G. Absenger

17. The Role of Macrophages Within Microenvironment in a Lung Cancer Development and Progression
Luka Brčić, Luka Opašić, Helmut Popper

18. Progression of Lung Cancer: Role of Hypoxia and the Metabolic Tumor Microenvironment
Katharina Leithner, Horst Olschewski

Keywords: Biomedicine, Cancer Research, Oncology, Molecular Medicine, Cytokines and Growth Factors, Gene Expression