Medicine » Oncology

Carcinogen

Edited by Margarita Pesheva, Martin Dimitrov and Teodora Stefkova Stoycheva, ISBN 978-953-51-0658-6, Hard cover, 184 pages, Publisher: InTech, Chapters published June 13, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license
DOI: 10.5772/2192

During the last decades, cancer diseases have increased all over the world. The low quality of food and strong pollution of environment are the main prerequisites for carcinogenesis. The main problem for scientists is to find strategy for prevention of cancer diseases. Therefore, the information about the models for studying carcinogenesis and mutagens which appear during cooking, environmental pollutants, and tests for specific detection of carcinogens is particularly important. The book "Carcinogen" is intended for biologists, researchers, students in medical sciences and professionals interested in associated areas.