Table of Contents

Chronic inflammation and cancer in various organ systems.- Cancer as a chronic inflammatory disease: role of immunotherapy.- Inflammatory chemokines: their role in tumor growth and progression.- Inflammation and matrix metalloproteinases: implications for cancer development.- Interplay between inflammation and tumor angiogenesis.- Apoptotic responses common to cancer and inflammation.- Cyclooxygenase activity in gastrointestinal cancer development and progression: prospects as a therapeutic target.- Effects of COX-2 inhibitors in colorectal cancer.- Inflammation, necrosis, and cancer.