Apoptosis in Carcinogenesis and Chemotherapy

1. Apoptotic Signaling Pathway and Resistance to Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Stem Cells
Prasanthi Karna, Lily Yang

2. Anti-Cancer Strategy of Transitional Cell Carcinoma of Bladder Based on Induction of Different Types of Programmed Cell Deaths
Jose A. Karam, Jer-Tsong Hsieh

3. Apoptosis in Carcinogenesis and Chemoherapy of the Uterine Cervix
Sakari Hietanen

4. Apoptosis in Colorectal Tumorigenesis and Chemotherapy
Shi Yu Yang, Kevin M. Sales, Marc C. Winslet

5. Apoptosis in Cutaneous Melanoma
Michael B. Nicholl, Dave S.B. Hoon

6. Apoptosis in Carcinogenesis and Chemotherapy – Esophageal Cancer
Yan Li, Robert C.G. Martin

7. Molecular Targets in Gastric Cancer and Apoptosis
Elizabeth K. Balcer-Kubiczek, Michael C. Garofalo

8. Apoptosis and the Tumor Microenvironment in Hematologic Malignancies
Danielle N. Yarde, Jianguo Tao

9. Bcl-2 Family Members in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) – Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potentials
Shihong Ma, George G. Chen, Paul B.S. Lai

10. Apoptosis in the Development and Treatment of Laryngeal Cancer: Role of p53, Bcl-2 and Clusterin
Maximino Redondo, Rafael Fùnez, Francisco Esteban

11. Cyclooxygenase 2 and its Metabolites: Implications for Lung Cancer Therapy
Kin Chung Leung, George G. Chen

12. Roles of Negative and Positive Growth Regulators in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Mong-Hong Lee, Huiling Yang, Ruiying Zhao, Sai-Ching J. Yeung

13. Cellular Signaling Mechanisms in Pancreatic Apoptosis
Nawab Ali, Stewart MacLeod, R. Jean Hine, Parimal Chowdhury

14. Strategies to Circumvent Resistance to Apoptosis in Prostate Cancer Cells by Targeted Necrosis
Richard D. Dinnen, Daniel P. Petrylak, Robert L. Fine

15. Carcinogenesis and Therapeutic Strategies for Thyroid Cancer
Zhi-Min Liu, George G. Chen

Nyckelord: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Apoptosis, Oncology, Cancer Research, Surgical Oncology, Pharmacology/Toxicology