| Description |
531 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The burden of cancer / William Steward and Anne Thomas -- Nature and nurture in oncogenesis / Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan -- DNA replication and the cell cycle / Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan -- Regulation of growth: growth factors, receptors and signaling pathways / Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan -- Oncogenes / Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan -- Tumour suppressor genes / Martine Roussel -- Apoptosis / Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan -- Telomeres and senescence / Maria Blasco and Mike Khan -- |
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Genetic instability, chromosomes and repair / Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan -- Cancer is more than a genetic condition / Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan -- Cell adhesion, cell-cell interactions and metastases / Charles Streuli -- Tumor immunity and immunotherapy / Cassian Yee -- Angiogenesis / David Shima and Christiana Ruhrberg -- Diagnosis of cancer / William Steward and Anne Thomas -- Treatment of cancer: chemotherapy and radiotherapy / William Steward and Anne Thomas -- Caring for the cancer patient / Nicky Rudd and Esther Waterhouse -- Genomics and proteomics in cancer research and diagnosis / Bart de Witt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cancer -- Molecular aspects.
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| Author |
Pelengaris, Stella.
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Khan, Michael.
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Blasco, Maria
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| LC no. |
2005015464 |
| ISBN |
9781405118149 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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1405118148 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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