Research Catalog

Title

Sunlight, vitamin D and skin cancer / edited by Jörg Reichrath.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Springer Science+Business Media ; Austin, Tex. : Landes Bioscience, [2008], ©2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

Reichrath, J. (Jörg), 1962-

Description

xxi, 323 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 624

Uniform Title

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 624.

Subjects

• Vitamin D > therapeutic use
• Sunlight
• Skin Neoplasms > prevention & control
• Sunshine
• Skin > Cancer
• Vitamin D > Therapeutic use

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Sunlight, UV-Radiation, Vitamin D And Skin Cancer: How Much Sunlight Do We Need? / Michael F. Holick -- 2. Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance and Cancer Incidence and Mortality / William B. Grant -- 3. Vitamin D Status and Cancer Incidence and Mortality / Edward Giovannucci -- 4. Sun Exposure and Cancer Survival in Norway: Changes in the Risk of Death With Season of Diagnosis and Latitude / Alina Carmen Porojnicu, Arne Dahlback and Johan Moan -- 5. Optimal Serum 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Levels For Multiple Health Outcomes / Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari -- 6. Ultraviolet Exposure Scenarios: Risks of Erythema From Recommendations On Cutaneous Vitamin D Synthesis / Ann R. Webb and Ola Engelsen -- 7. At What Time Should One Go Out in the Sun? / Johan Moan, Arne Dahlback and Alina Carmen Porojnicu -- 8. Epidemiology of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer - The Role of Sunlight / Ulrike Leiter and Claus Garbe -- 9. Ultraviolet Radiation and Malignant Melanoma / Johan Moan, Alina Carmen Porojnicu and Arne Dahlback -- 10. Solar UV Exposure and Mortality From Skin Tumors / Marianne Berwick, Anne Lachiewicz, Claire Pestak and Nancy Thomas -- 11. Health Initiatives for the Prevention of Skin Cancer / Rudiger Greinert, Eckhard W. Breitbart, Peter Mohr and Beate Volkmer -- 12. Sunscreens / Guido Bens -- 13. UV Damage And DNA Repair in Malignant Melanoma And Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer / Knuth Rass and Jorg Reichrath -- 14. Role of Viruses in the Development of Squamous Cell Cancer and Melanoma / Ulrich R. Hengge -- 15. Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers and the Immune System / Diana Santo Domingo and Elma D. Baron -- 16. Solar UV-Radiation, Vitamin D and Skin Cancer Surveillance In Organ Transplant Recipients (OTRS) / Jorg Reichrath and Bernd Nurnberg -- 17. Histology of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer / Cornelia S. L. Mueller and Jorg Reichrath -- 18. Cytogenetics of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer / Melanie A. Carless and Lyn R. Griffiths -- 19. Molecular Biology of Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinomas / Jingwu Xie -- 20. Molecular Biology of Malignant Melanoma / Mar Pons, Pablo Manchefio-Corvo, Pilar Martin-Duque and Miguel Quintanilla -- 21. p53 Protein and Pathogenesis of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer / Cara L. Benjamin, Vladislava O. Melnikova and Honnavara N. Ananthaswamy -- 22. Apoptosis and Pathogenesis of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer / Peter Erb, Jingmin Ji, Erwin Kump, Ainhoa Mielgo and Marion Wernli -- 23. Treatment of Melanoma and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer / Knuth Rass and Wolfgang Tilgen.

ISBN

• 9780387775739
• 0387775730

LCCN

2007049792

OCLC

• ocn183179548
• 183179548
• SCSB-5394957

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries