Viruses and cancer
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Henry Stewart Talks,
2007.
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| Series: | Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Evolution and medicine.
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| Online Access: | https://hstalks.com/bs/155/ Series |
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Table of Contents:
- Contents: Oncogenic viruses of animals and humans have given us insights into cancer in general
- Specific genes involved in cancer such as oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes were first discovered through research on tumor viruses
- Only a subset of viruses cause cancer
- For cancers caused by viruses, the viruses are a necessary but insufficient cause of the disease
- Cancer is multifactorial and different risk factors act together
- Vaccines hold great promise to reduce the cancer burden
- The incidence is higher in immunodeficient people
- Transplant recipients and AIDS.
DNA tumor viruses