The Biology of Gastric Cancers (Hardcover)

Overview and Pathology of Gastric Cancer.- Epidemiology of Gastric Cancer and Helicobacter pylori.- Diet and Gastric Cancer.- MALT Lymphoma: Clinicopathologic Features and Molecular Pathogenesis.- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors of Gastric Origin.- Human Gastric Neuroendocrine Neoplasia: Current Pathologic Status.- Gastric Neuroendocrine Neoplasia.- Epstein-Barr Virus and Gastric Cancer.- Role of Host Genetic Susceptibility in the Pathogenesis of Gastric Cancer.- Cancer Genetics of Human Gastric Adenocarcinoma.- Genomic and Proteomic Advances in Gastric Cancer.- Animal Models of Gastric Carcinoma.- Insights into the Development of Preneoplastic Metaplasia: Spasmolytic Polypeptide-Expressing Metaplasia and Oxyntic Atrophy.- Deregulation of E-Cadherin in Precancerous Lesions and Gastric Cancer.- Role of CagA in Helicobacter pylori Infection and Pathology.- The Role of Helicobacter pylori Virulence Factors in Rodent and Primate Models of Disease.- Host Immunity in the Development of Gastric Preneoplasia.- Atrophy and Altered Mesenchymal-Epithelial Signaling Preceding Gastric Cancer.- Genetic Models of Gastric Cancer in the Mouse.- Prostaglandin and Transforming Growth Factor ? Signaling in Gastric Cancer.- REG Proteins and Other Growth Factors in Gastric Cancer.- Role of Bone Marrow-Derived Cells in Gastric Adenocarcinoma.- Stromal Cells and Tumor Microenvironment.- Future Prospects for Helicobacter pylori Vaccination.