Insulin-like Growth Factors and Cancer From Basic Biology to Therapeutics [Hardcover]

The book will detail the history, successes, and failures of targeted therapies for cancer, with a particular focus on IGF systems and cancer.This book explores the insulin-like growth factor system and its vital role in cancer development and progression. Covers biology, epidemiology and the therapeutic potential of inhibiting receptors using newly discovered antibodies and kinase inhibitors.Preface.- Epidemiology of IGF-1 and Cancer.- Aging and Cancer: The IGF-I Connection.- Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Cancer.- IGF System and Breast Cancer.- The Role of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Signaling in Prostate Cancer Development and Progression.- Mouse Models of IGF-1 Deficiency.- Insulin-like Growth Factor Signaling in Pediatric Sarcomas.- Cancer Genes, Tumor Suppressors, and Regulation of IGF-1R Expression in Cancer.- Mouse Models of IGF-1R and Cancer.- Targeting the Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Receptor in Cancer Therapy.- Targeting Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF-1R) and Insulin Receptor Signaling by Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Cancer.- Calories and Cancer:? The Role of Insulin-like Growth Factor.- Cancer Cell Metabolism.- Overlaps between the Insulin and IGF-1R and Cancer.- Index

The insulin-like growth factor system has been shown to play a critical role in cancer development and progression. Insulin-like Growth Factors and Cancer: From Basic Biology to Therapeutics, specifically brings these aspects to the reader. The volume covers the epidemiological aspects of the relationships between circulating insulin and IGF-1 levels and the risk for cancer and cancer-related mortality and in particularly in disease states such as obesity and Type 2 diabetes. It then addresses the basic biology of the system and how the ligands, receptors and IGF-binding proteins affect cancer cell biology and cancer progression. Finally, it discusses the therapeutic potential of inhibiting the receptors using various newly dl(