| Description |
xi, 555 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction to cancer biology / Lea Harrington, Robert G. Bristow, Richard P. Hill and Ian F. Tannock -- 2. Cancer epidemiology / John McLaughlin and Steven Gallinger -- 3. Chemical and radiation carcinogenesis / Allan B. Okey, Patricia A. Harper, Denis M. Grant and Richard P. Hill -- 4. Methods of molecular analysis / Suzanne Kamel-Reid, Cheryl H. Arrowsmith, Patricia P. Reis and Jeremy A. Squire -- 5. Genomic stability and DNA repair / Robert G. Bristow and Lea Harrington -- 6. Viruses and cancer / Christopher D. Richardson -- 7. Oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes / Sara Oster, Linda Penn and Vuk Stambolic -- 8. Cellular signaling / Melanie A. McGill and C. Jane McGlade -- 9. Cell proliferation and tumor growth / Jeffrey C. H. Donovan, Joyce Slingerland and Ian F. Tannock -- 10. Cell death / Razqallah Hakem and Lea Harrington -- 11. Tumor progression and metastasis : cellular, molecular, and microenvironmental factors / Rama Khokha, Evelyn Voura and Richard P. Hill -- 12. Angiogenesis / Celina Sturk and Daniel Dumont -- 13. Imaging in oncology / Michael D. Sherar -- 14. Molecular and cellular basis of radiotherapy / Robert G. Bristow and Richard P. Hill -- 15. The scientific basis of radiotherapy / Richard P. Hill and Robert G. Bristow -- 16. Pharmacology of anticancer drugs / Lillian L. Siu and Malcolm J. Moore -- 17. Cellular and molecular basis of drug treatment for cancer / Michael J. Boyer and Ian F. Tannock -- 18. Drug resistance / Susan P. C. Cole and Ian F. Tannock -- 19. Hormones and cancer / Paul Rennie, Jason Read and Leigh Murphy -- 20. Cancer and the immune system / Nancy N. Berg-Brown, Linh T. Nguyen and Pamela S. Ohashi -- 21. Biological therapy of cancer / Neil L. Berinstein -- 22. Guide to studies of diagnostic tests, prognostic factors, and treatments / David C. Hodgson and Ian F. Tannock |
| Summary |
This concise text examines cancer causation and biology as well as the biology underlying cancer treatment. Thoroughly updated and reorganized with five new chapters, the Fourth Edition emphasizes new development in molecular biology, hormone therapy, and the pharmacology of anti-cancer drugs. Features updated coverage of the basic science of radiotherapy and experimental radiation in addition to expansive coverage of new drugs developments |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Tumors.
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Cancer.
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Oncology.
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Neoplasms.
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Neoplasms.
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Neoplasms.
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| Author |
Tannock, Ian.
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| LC no. |
2004044833 |
| ISBN |
0071387749 |
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