Lung Cancer Molecular Pathology Methods and Reviews Volume 1 1st edition by Barbara Driscoll 0896039854 9780896039858

Lung Cancer Molecular Pathology Methods and Reviews Volume 1 table of contents :

Introduction

• Characteristic Genetic Alterations in Lung Cancer – Ignacio I. Wistuba, Adi F. Gazdar (Pages 3-28)

• Etiology and Classification of Lung Tumors

• Clinical and Biological Relevance of Recently Defined Categories of Pulmonary Neoplasia – Edward Gabrielson (Pages 31-42)

• Molecular Epidemiology of Human Cancer Risk – Kirsi Vähäkangas (Pages 43-59)

• Neuroendocrine Phenotype of Small Cell Lung Cancer – Judy M. Coulson, Marta Ocejo-Garcia, Penella J. Woll (Pages 61-73)

• AIDS-Associated Pulmonary Cancers – Kushagra Katariya, Richard J. Thurer (Pages 75-86)

Molecular Abnormalities in Lung Cancer

• Abrogation of the RB-p16 Tumor Suppressor Pathway in Human Lung Cancer – Joseph Geradts (Pages 89-99)

• Sensitive Detection of Hypermethylated p16INK4a Alleles in Exfoliative Tissue Material – Marcus Schuermann, Michael Kersting (Pages 101-109)

• Role of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Lung Cancer – Gautam Maulik, Takashi Kijima, Ravi Salgia (Pages 113-125)

• Relationship of EGFR Signal-Transduction Modulation by Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors to Chemosensitivity and Programmed Cell Death in Lung Cancer Cell Lines – Wendong Lei, Patrick P. Koty, Mark L. Levitt (Pages 127-143)

• Detection of the Transcripts and Proteins for the Transforming Growth Factor-β Isoforms and Receptors in Mouse Lung Tumorigenesis Using In Situ Hybridization and Immunohistochemistry in Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Sections – Sonia B. Jakowlew, Jennifer Mariano (Pages 145-166)

• Alterations in the Expression of Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Their Binding Proteins in Lung Cancer – Carrie M. Coleman, Adda Grimberg (Pages 167-186)

• Screening of Mutations in the ras Family of Oncogenes by Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Ligase Chain Reaction – Alfredo MartÍnez, Teresa A. Lehman, Rama Modali, James L. Mulshine (Pages 187-200)

• Assays for Raf-1 Kinase Phosphorylation and Activity in Human Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells – Rajani K. Ravi, Barry D. Nelkin (Pages 201-210)

• γ-Glutamylcysteine Synthetase in Lung Cancer – Kristiina Järvinen, Ylermi Soini, Vuokko L. Kinnula (Pages 211-222)

• Localization of Cyclooxygenase-2 Protein Expression in Lung Cancer Specimens by Immunohistochemical Analysis – Sarah A. Wardlaw, Thomas H. March (Pages 223-230)

• Non-RI Protocols for L-myc Allelotyping and Deletion Mapping of Chromosome 1p in Primary Lung Cancers – Keiko Hiyama, Ciro Mendoza, Eiso Hiyama (Pages 231-239)

• Intercellular Adhesion Molecules (ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and LFA-1) in Adenocarcinoma of Lung – Armando E. Fraire, Bruce A. Woda, Louis Savas, Zhong Jiang (Pages 243-249)

• MUC1 Expression in Lung Cancer – Eva Szabo (Pages 251-258)

• Altered Surface Markers in Lung Cancer