Microbiome and Cancer

• provides a substantial body of information to fill a gap in the current literature
• covers a wide range of cancers, metabolic modulatory activities, immune responses, microbial signatures, and signaling activities.

• contributors are experts in their respective fields, bringing a wealth of knowledge to the edition.

• brings to light changing concepts in microbiology, its links to non-communicable diseases and how these changes may affect the initiation and persistence of these pathologies.

  Autorentext

Erle S. Robertson is the Harry P. Schenk Endowed Professor and Vice Chair of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. He is passionate about the role of microorganisms in development of cancers. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of viral oncology and has also contributed to studies investigating the human oncobiome.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Microbiome and Human Malignancies.- Chapter 2: Infection based Gastric cancers.- Chapter 3: Role of Infectious agents on development of Esophageal carcinomas.- Chapter 4: Viruses and glioblastoma: affliction or opportunity.- Chapter 5: The microbiome and its contribution to skin cancer.- Chapter 6: The role of the human virome in hematologic malignancies.- Chapter 7: Association of microbes with breast cancer.- Chapter 8: The Microbiome associated with Lung Cancer.- Chapter 9: Mesothelioma and Simian Virus 40 Infection.- Chapter 10: Infections related to development of Head and Neck Cancers.- Chapter 11: Microbiota, infectious organisms and Ovarian Cancer.- Chapter 12: Hepatocellular Cancer induced by Infection.- Chapter 13: Manipulation of the Host Immune Response by Small DNA tumor Viruses.- Chapter 14: Innate immune pattern recognition and the development of intestinal cancer.- Chapter 15: Microbial Metabolites in Cancer Promotion or Prevention.- Chapter 16: Rapid Synthetic DNA vaccine development for emerging infectious disease outbreaks.- Chapter 17: Future Perspectives: Microbiome, cancer and therapeutic promise.- Index