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Advances in Cancer Research, Volume 144, the latest release in this ongoing, well-regarded serial, provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. Chapters in this new release include Gene-Environment-Microenvironment Interactions in Melanomagenesis, PP2A and the Cell Cycle, Current Progress Defining Calcium Signals as Therapeutic Targets in Cancer Cells, and much more.

Contents:

1. Macroenvironment-gene-microenvironment interactions in ultraviolet radiation-induced melanomagenesis Xuan Mo, Sarah Preston and M. Raza Zaidi 2. PP2A holoenzymes, substrate specificity driving cellular functions and deregulation in cancer Holly Fowle, Ziran Zhao and Xavier Grana 3. Clinical and translational advances in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Zachary Wilmer Reichenbach, Mary Grace Murray, Reshu Saxena, Daniel Farkas, Erika G. Karassik, Alena Klochkova, Kishan Patel, Caitlin Tice, Timothy M. Hall, Henry P. Parkman, Sarah J. Ward, Marie-Pier Tetreault and Kelly A. Whelan 4. MDA-9/Syntenin: An emerging global molecular target regulating cancer invasion and metastasis Swadesh K. Das, Devanand Sarkar, Luni Emdad and Paul B. Fisher 5. Expression of costimulatory and inhibitory receptors in FoxP3+ regulatory T cells within the tumor microenvironment: Implications for combination immunotherapy approaches Aras Toker and Pamela S Ohashi 6. Capsaicinoids enhance chemosensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs Jamie R. Friedman, Stephen D. Richbart, Justin C. Merritt, Haley E. Perry, Kathleen C. Brown, Austin T. Akers, Nicholas A. Nolan, Cathryn D. Stevenson, John D. Hurley, Sarah L. Miles, Maria T. Tirona, Monica A. Valentovic and Piyali Dasgupta 7. Marine natural products in the discovery and development of potential pancreatic cancer therapeutics Xiaojuan Wang and Mark T. Hamann 8. Cancer stem cells in breast and prostate: Fact or fiction Sampayo, Rocio G and Bissell, Mina J 9. Racial disparities, cancer and response to oxidative stress Jie Zhang, Zhi-wei Ye, Danyelle M. Townsend, Chanita Hughes Halbert and Kenneth D. Tew