Advances in Cancer Research

Advances in Cancer Research, Volume 144, the latest release in this ongoing, well-regarded serial, provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. Chapters in this new release include Gene-Environment-Microenvironment Interactions in Melanomagenesis, PP2A and the Cell Cycle, Current Progress Defining Calcium Signals as Therapeutic Targets in Cancer Cells, and much more.

1. Macroenvironment-gene-microenvironment interactions in ultraviolet radiation-induced melanomagenesisXuan Mo, Sarah Preston and M. Raza Zaidi2. PP2A holoenzymes, substrate specificity driving cellular functions and deregulation in cancerHolly Fowle, Ziran Zhao and Xavier Graña3. Clinical and translational advances in esophageal squamous cell carcinomaZachary Wilmer Reichenbach, Mary Grace Murray, Reshu Saxena, Daniel Farkas, Erika G. Karassik, Alena Klochkova, Kishan Patel, Caitlin Tice, Timothy M. Hall, Henry P. Parkman, Sarah J. Ward, Marie-Pier Tétreault and Kelly A. Whelan4. MDA-9/Syntenin: An emerging global molecular target regulating cancer invasion and metastasisSwadesh K. Das, Devanand Sarkar, Luni Emdad and Paul B. Fisher5. Expression of costimulatory and inhibitory receptors in FoxP3⁺ regulatory T cells within the tumor microenvironment: Implications for combination immunotherapy approachesAras Toker and Pamela S Ohashi6. Capsaicinoids enhance chemosensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugsJamie R. Friedman, Stephen D. Richbart, Justin C. Merritt, Haley E. Perry, Kathleen C. Brown, Austin T. Akers, Nicholas A. Nolan, Cathryn D. Stevenson, John D. Hurley, Sarah L. Miles, Maria T. Tirona, Monica A. Valentovic and Piyali Dasgupta7. Marine natural products in the discovery and development of potential pancreatic cancer therapeuticsXiaojuan Wang and Mark T. Hamann8. Cancer stem cells in breast and prostate: Fact or fictionSampayo, Rocío G and Bissell, Mina J9. Racial disparities, cancer and response to oxidative stressJie Zhang, Zhi-wei Ye, Danyelle M. Townsend, Chanita Hughes Halbert and Kenneth D. Tew

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