Lung Cancer Volume 1: Molecular Pathology Methods and Reviews

Molecular-based laboratory methods can help significantly in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, a leading cause of death worldwide. In Lung Cancer, Volume 1: Molecular Pathology Methods and Reviews, leading physicians, scientists, and noted researchers review novel methods for determining t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Driscoll, Barbara (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ Humana 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Series:Methods in Molecular Medicine
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Lung-Specific Expression of Mutant p53 as Mouse Model for Lung Cancer
  • Use of Nucleotide Excision Repair-Deficient Mice as a Model For Chemically Induced Lung Cancer
  • Nude Mouse Lung Metastases Models of Osteosarcoma and Ewing ’s Sarcoma for Evaluating New Therapeutic Strategies
  • Tumor-Specific Metastasis to Lung Using Reporter Gene-Tagged Tumor Cells
  • Cultures of Surgical Material from Lung Cancers
  • The Hollow Fiber Assay
  • Alterations in the Expression of Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Their Binding Proteins in Lung Cancer
  • Screening of Mutations in the ras Family of Oncogenes by Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Ligase Chain Reaction
  • Assays for Raf-1 Kinase Phosphorylation and Activity in Human Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells
  • ?-Glutamylcysteine Synthetase in Lung Cancer
  • Localization of Cyclooxygenase-2 Protein Expression in Lung Cancer Specimens by Immunohistochemical Analysis
  • Non-RI Protocols for L-myc Allelotyping and Deletion Mapping of Chromosome 1p in Primary Lung Cancers
  • Intercellular Adhesion Molecules (ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and LFA-1) in Adenocarcinoma of Lung
  • MUC1 Expression in Lung Cancer
  • Altered Surface Markers in Lung Cancer
  • Prognostic Relevance of Angiogenic, Proliferative, and Apoptotic Factors in Lung Carcinomas
  • MorphologicalAssessment of Apoptosis in Human Lung Cells
  • Characteristic Genetic Alterations in Lung Cancer
  • Etiology and Classification of Lung Tumors
  • Clinical and Biological Relevance of Recently Defined Categories of Pulmonary Neoplasia
  • Molecular Epidemiology of Human Cancer Risk
  • Neuroendocrine Phenotype of Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • AIDS-Associated Pulmonary Cancers
  • Molecular Abnormalities in Lung Cancer
  • Abrogation of the RB-p16Tumor Suppressor Pathway in Human Lung Cancer
  • Sensitive Detection of Hypermethylated p16INK4a Alleles in Exfoliative Tissue Material
  • Role of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Lung Cancer
  • Relationship of EGFR Signal-Transduction Modulation by Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors to Chemosensitivity and Programmed Cell Death in Lung Cancer Cell Lines
  • Detection of the Transcripts and Proteins for the Transforming Growth Factor-? Isoforms and Receptors in Mouse Lung Tumorigenesis Using In Situ Hybridization and Immunohistochemistry in Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Sections
  • [D-Arg6, D-Trp7,9, NmePhe8]-Substance P (6-11) Activates JNK and Induces Apoptosis in Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells via an Oxidant-Dependent Mechanism
  • Isolation of Cells Entering Different Programmed Cell Death Pathways Using a Discontinuous Percoll Gradient
  • Angiogenesis, Metastasis, and Lung Cancer
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase Expression in Lung Cancer
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Regulation of Angiostatin Mobilization by Tumor-Derived Matrix Metalloproteinase-2
  • In Vitro and In Vivo Assays for the Proliferative and Vascular Permeabilization Activities of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and Its Receptor
  • Detection of Telomerase Activity in Lung Cancer Tissues
  • Analysis of Alterations in a Base-Excision Repair Gene in Lung Cancer
  • Lung Cancer Model Systems
  • Induction of Lung Cancer by Passive Smoking in an Animal Model System
  • Metastatic Orthotopic Mouse Models of Lung Cancer