Environmental Factors, Genes, and the Development of Human Cancers

1. Introduction
Deodutta Roy, M. Tevfik Dorak

2. Gene–Environment Interactions, Phenotypic Changes, and Human Health
Rosemarie G. Ramos, Kenneth Olden

3. Statistics for Testing Gene–Environment Interaction
Momiao Xiong, Xuesen Wu

4. Clustering Studies for Identifying the Role of Environmental Factors in Aetiology of Human Cancers
Richard J.Q. McNally

5. Discovering Gene–Gene and Gene–Environment Causal Interactions Using Bioinformatics Approaches
Changwon Yoo

6. Gene Environment Interactions and Vascular Lesions
Quentin Felty

7. Epigenetic Changes in Cancer: Role of Environment
Zdenko Herceg, Paolo Boffetta

8. Approaches to Identify Environmental and Epigenomic Components or Covariates of Cancer and Disease Susceptibility
Alok Deoraj, Deodutta Roy

9. Gene–Environment Interaction and Susceptibility to Pediatric Brain Tumors
Brian Kunkle, David Sandberg, Prasanna Jayakar, Quentin Felty, Deodutta Roy

10. Genetic Polymorphisms Predisposing Individuals to Breast Cancer Via Gene–Environment Interaction
Keun-Young Yoo, Sue K. Park, Aesun Shin

11. Environment, Genetic Immunology and Childhood Cancer
Esma Ucisik-Akkaya, M. Tevfik Dorak

12. Exposure to Environmental Mutagens: APC and Colorectal Carcinogenesis
Aruna S. Jaiswal, Melissa L. Armas, Shahnjayla K. Connors, Harekrushna Panda, Satya Narayan

13. Gene–Environmental Interactions and Susceptibility to Liver Cancer
John B. Colerangle

14. Genetic Epidemiology of Mismatch Repair Deficiency in Ovarian Cancer
Tuya Pal, Jenny Permuth Wey, Thomas A. Sellers

15. Betel Nut and Susceptibility to Cancer
Rajesh N. Sharan, Yashmin Choudhury

16. Birth Weight and Cancer Associations
Nadia Barahmani, M. Fatih Okcu

17. Iron Excess and Cancer
Charronne F. Davis, M. Tevfik Dorak

Avainsanat: Biomedicine, Cancer Research, Environmental Health, Pharmacology/Toxicology