1st Edition

Retinoids in Oncology

Edited By Waun Ki Hong, Reuben Lotan Copyright 1993
352 Pages
by CRC Press

352 Pages
by CRC Press

This reference provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in basic research that are relevant to the application of retinoids for cancer prevention and treatment.;Organized in a quick-referral format by specific disease site, this book: describes the effects of retinoids on squamous differentiation in normal, pre-malignant, and malignant epithelial tissues; addresses the mechanisms... Read more
Biochemistry and pharmacology of retinoids, William S. Blaner; retinoids and squamous cell differentiation, Reuben Lotan; role of nuclear retinoic acid receptors in the control of differentiation of epidermal kerantinocytes, Anton Jetten, et al; modulation of growth and differentiation by combined retinoids and cytokines in cancer, Werner Bollag and Richard Peck; retinoids in experimental oncology, Richard C. Moon; clinical toxicity of retinoids, Isaiah W. Dimery; retinoids in leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, Stanley R. Frankel and Raymond P. Warrel, Jr.; retinoids in skin cancer, Scott M. Lipperman and John J. DiGiovanna; retinoids in head and neck cancer, Steven E. Benner, et al; retinoids in lung cancer, Andre M. Arnold; retinoids in bladder cancer, William Tester; retinoids and cervical cancer, John J. Kavanaugh, et al; human teratocarcinomas and retinoic acid-mediated tumour differentiation, Jose Baselga and Ethan Dmitrovsky; retinoids and breast cancer, Alberto Costa.

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". . .a very good review of the field. "
---British Journal of Cancer
". . .It has much to offer. "
---Journal of Optimal Nutrition