Description: The Pineal Gland and Cancer Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Neuroimmunoendocrine Mechanisms in Malignancy Author(s): C. Bartsch, H. Bartsch, D.E. Blask, D.P. Cardinali, W.J.M. Hrushesky, Dieter Mecke Format: Paperback Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG, Germany Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K ISBN-13: 9783642640032, 978-3642640032 Synopsis Three years ago, most authors contributing to this book gathered at the Heinrich Fabri Institute of the University of Tubingen at Blaubeuren near Ulm in Germany for the third conference on "Pineal Gland and Cancer". In 1987, the late Derek Gupta organized the second meeting and published the first book on the topic, 10 years after Vera Lapin, as part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Vienna Cancer Research Institute, had held the first meeting. It was in Vienna during the 1930s and 1940s that W. Bergmann and P. Engel demonstrated that pineal extracts possess growth inhibitory properties on experimental rodent tumors and R. Hofstatter reported favorable results when these extracts were given to cancer patients. In the 1970s, Vera Lapin and others reported that surgical removal of the pineal gland (pinealectomy) stimulates experimental tumor growth rendering fundamental support for an involvement of the pineal gland in malignancy. A focal question of past and present research in this field is whether the pineal gland exerts its tumor inhibitory activity primarily or exclusively via melatonin. Currently, it appears that the action of melatonin on experimental tumor growth criti- cally depends on the circadian timing of its administration as weH as on the type and stage of cancer, and that primarily highly differentiated tumor ceHs are controHed. Initial clinical applications of the pineal hormone for incurable cancers raise hopes for a promising future use, particularly when combined with other therapies (e. g.
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Book Title: The Pineal Gland and Cancer
Number of Pages: 578 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Pineal Gland and Cancer: Neuroimmunoendocrine Mechanisms in Malignancy
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin AND Heidelberg Gmbh & Co. KG
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Medicine, Biology, Psychiatry
Item Height: 235 mm
Item Weight: 914 g
Type: Textbook
Author: D.P. Cardinali, H. Bartsch, W.J.M. Hrushesky, C. Bartsch, Dieter Mecke, D.E. Blask
Item Width: 155 mm
Format: Paperback
