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Bone metastasis: mechanisms and pathophysiology
Gurmit Singh 
Publisher: R.G. Landes
ISBN10: 1570593191 ISBN13: 9781570593192 DDC: 616.99/47107 LCC: RC280

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Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Mechanisms of Bone Metastasis / Gregory R. Mundy and Toshiyuki Yoneda -- 2. The Role of Marrow Endothelium in the Localization of Metastatic Cancer Cells to Bone / Pnina Brodt, Mahmudul Haq and John Nip -- 3. Structural and Microenvironmental Bone Marrow Factors Involved in the Pathogenesis of Bone Metastasis / Francisco Arguello and Harvey J. Cohen -- 4. Bone Marrow-Derived Growth Factors for Metastatic Cancer Cells / Gregory L. Blatch and Bruce R. Zetter -- 5. Potential Roles for Adhesion in the Pathogenesis of Bone Metastasis / Paul J. Kostenuik, Gurmit Singh and F. William Orr -- 6. Parathyroid Hormone-Related Peptide as a Mediator of Osteolysis and Hypercalcemia in Bone Metastasis / Janet E. Henderson and David Goltzman -- 7. Tumor-Associated Macrophages as Mediators of Osteolysis in Bone Metastasis / N. A. Athanasou -- 8. Mechanisms of Cancer Cell-Mediated Osteolysis / Otto H. Sanchez-Sweatman, Rama Khokha, Gurmit Singh and F. William Orr -- 9. Urokinase (uPA) as a Mediator of Osteoblastic Skeletal Metastasis / Shafaat Ahmed Rabbani -- 10. An Animal Model for the Investigation of Prostate Cancer with Special Emphasis on Skeletal Metastasis / B. Ramanath Rao, A. A. Geldof and D. W. W. Newling -- 11. Pathophysiology of Human Prostate Cancer Metastasis to Bone, Studied In Vitro and in Animal Models / Daniel H. Shevrin and Subhash C. Kukreja -- 12. Bone Metastases and Prostate Cancer / Mark E. Stearns and Min Wang -- 13. Experimental Findings on the Osteoprotective Potential of Bisphosphonates Against Bone Metastases and Tumor-Induced Osteopathy: A Pleading for an Early and Preventive Administration / B. Krempien.

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