UID:
edocfu_9959242978302883
Format:
1 online resource (450 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-88093-0
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9786611880934
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981-256-920-0
Content:
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death in men and its progression is highly dependent on androgens and androgen receptors. However, even with treatment, eventually most prostate cancers progress. Studies of the mechanisms behind this progression leads to advances in treatments for androgen-related diseases.
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Description based upon print version of record.
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CONTENTS; List of Contributors and Affiliations; Preface; Editor - Chawnshang Chang, Ph. D.; 1 Hormonal Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Clinical and Experimental Evidence Hiroshi Miyamoto and Chawnshang Chang; 2 Immunotherapies for Prostate Cancer Kelley M. Harsch, Jason E. Tasch and Warren D. W. Heston; 3 Radiation Therapy and Hormonal Therapy for Prostate Cancer Ralph A. Brasacchio; 4 Gene Therapy for Prostate Cancer Juan Antonio Jimenez, Chinghai Kao, Sang-Jin Lee, Chaeyong Jung and Thomas A. Gardner; 5 Chemotherapy for Prostate Cancer Samuel K. Kulp, Kuen-Feng Chen and Ching-Shih Chen
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6 Chemoprevention for Prostate Cancer Noahiro Fujimoto 7 Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Androgen-Independence in Prostate Cancer Sonal J. Desai, Clifford G. Tepper and Hsing-Jien Kung; 8 Biology of Prostatic Acid Phosphatase and Prostate-Specific Antigen and Their Applications in Prostate Cancer Suresh Veeramani, Ta-Chun Yuan, Siu-Ju Chen, Fen-Fen Lin and Ming-Fong Lin; 9 Epigenetics in Prostate Cancer Jose A. Karam, Elie A. Benaim, Hong Chen, Rey-Chen Pong and Jer-Tsong Hsieh; 10 Significance of 5 -Reductase in Prostate Cancer Jun Shimazaki
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11 Roles of Vitamin E in Prostate and Prostate Cancer Shuyuan Yeh, Jing Ni, Eugene Chang, Yi Yin and Ming Chen 12 Vitamin D and Prostate Cancer Yi-Fen Lee, Huei-Ju Ting and Bo-Ying Bao; 13 Functions of Estrogen Receptor in Prostate and Prostate Cancer Shuyuan Yeh, Ming Chen, Jing Ni, Yi Yin, Eugene Chang, Min Zhang and Xingqing Wen; 14 Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer Ann W. Hsing and Anand Chokkalingam; 15 Profiling Gene Expression Changes in Prostate Carcinoma Peter S. Nelson
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16 Study of Androgen-Androgen Receptor Roles in Prostate Cancer using Mice Lacking Functional Prostate Androgen Receptor Chun-Te Wu, Shuyuan Yeh, Qingquan Xu, Zhiming Yang, Philip Chang, Yueh-Chiang H17 Capturing Signal Anomalies of Human Prostate Cancer into Mouse Models Hong Wu, Ani Khodavirdi and Pradip Roy-Burman; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 981-256-067-X
Language:
English
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