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Infectious Causes of Cancer: A Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals

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Over 99% of the world's population is infected with at least one potentially cancer-causing organism. It is vital for nurses and other healthcare professionals to be aware of the extent of infection-associated cancer and of how they can contribute to prevention of such cancers.

Infectious Causes of Cancer , aimed principally at nurses and other healthcare professionals, considers the epidemiology and biology of infectious causes of cancer. It examines each of the infectious agents associated with an increased risk of cancer discussing epidemiology of the infection and cancer, pathophysiology of the cancer, mechanisms, associated risk factors, and prevention of the infection and of the associated cancer.

Key Features:

  • A comprehensive and accessible guide to infection associated cancer and how to contribute to prevention
  • A must-have for students or healthcare professionals working in oncology, primary care or health promotion
  • Brings together all the up-to-date science, evidence and research related to infections and cancer in one publication

Author(s): Kenneth Campbell
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2011

Language: English
Pages: 216

Infectious Causes of Cancer......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 10
Introduction......Page 13
1 Historical background......Page 17
2 The global burden......Page 32
3 Molecular biology of cancer......Page 56
4 Biological background......Page 69
5 Public health considerationsand prevention......Page 82
Part I Viral Causes of Cancer......Page 103
6 Herpesviruses (Herpesviridae)......Page 105
7 Hepatitis viruses......Page 118
8 Human papillomaviruses......Page 133
9 Retroviruses......Page 153
10 Polyomaviruses......Page 167
Part II Bacterial Causes of Cancer......Page 171
11 Helicobacter pylori......Page 173
Part III Parasitic Causes of Cancer......Page 185
12 Schistosome species......Page 187
13 Liver flukes......Page 194
14 Unconfirmed associations......Page 199
Summary Tables......Page 203
Index......Page 214