Oncogenic Viruses Volume 2: Medical Applications of Viral Oncology Research

Volume II, titled “Medical applications of viral oncology research,” is
organized into a number of chapters, where each chapter includes definitions
and key concepts as well as a wide description of the subject. An abstract
giving a snapshot of what the chapter contains to begin with, the discussion
in each chapter is supported by schematic figures and tables that are
indispensable.
The main focuses of the chapters of Volume II concern the subjects of
hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatitis B virus, general principles
and mechanisms of viral oncogenic and associated cancers (cytomegalovirus,
papilloma viruses, RNA oncogenic virus). In addition to the molecular diagnosis
of human papilloma virus (HPV), the implications of HPV’s various
strains in most cervical cancers are demystified. Coinfection of HPV and
mouse mammary tumor virus, oncovirus in breast cancer tissues in women,
the study of the inactivating effect exerted by oncovirus on tumor suppressor
genes, MicroRNAs associated with Helicobacter pylori and Epstein-Barr
virus (EBV) infections in gastric cancer comprise rest of the book.