Influence of Tumor Development on the Host

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Stroma, Generally a Non-Neoplastic Structure of the Tumor....Pages 1-8
Malignant Transformation....Pages 9-17
Metabolic Changes in Malignancy....Pages 18-27
Ion Deregulation, Cell Injury and Tumor Promotion....Pages 28-34
Multiple Primary Neoplasms: Role of Autopsy. Selected Sites, with Emphasis on Japan....Pages 35-39
Multiple Primary Neoplasms....Pages 40-57
Mechanisms of Cancer Invasion and Metastases....Pages 58-71
Extracellular Matrix and Its Enzymatic Degradation in Tumor Invasion....Pages 72-83
Cell Surfaces and Secondary Tumor Formation....Pages 84-96
DNA Transfection, Genetic Instability, and Metastasis....Pages 97-102
The Contribution of DNA Methylation to the Generation of Tumor Cell Heterogeneity, Tumor Progression and Metastasis....Pages 103-111
Neoplastic Progression by Somatic Cell Fusion....Pages 112-120
Cell Junctional Alterations in Cancer....Pages 121-132
Cytogenetic Studies in Neoplasia (Human and Animal): Implications Prognosis, and Treatment....Pages 133-175
Cancer Cachexia....Pages 176-213
Paraneoplastic Syndromes....Pages 214-227
Back Matter....Pages 228-240