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Title The biology and treatment of cancer : understanding cancer / [edited by] Arthur B. Pardee, Gary S. Stein
Published Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, [2009]
©2009
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Series Wiley SCELC e-books
Contents THE BIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF CANCER; CONTENTS; Contributors; Preface; PART I: INTRODUCTION; 1 WHAT GOES WRONG IN CANCER; PART II: CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE; 2 CANCER AS A DISEASE: TYPES OF TUMORS, THEIR FREQUENCIES, AND THEIR PROGRESSION; 3 ENVIRONMENTAL, GENETIC, AND VIRAL CAUSES OF CANCER; 4 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT DISEASES; 5 CLINICAL CHALLENGES FOR TREATMENT AND A CURE; PART III: CANCER BIOLOGY; 6 UNDERSTANDING THE BIOLOGY OF CANCER; 7 MUTATIONS AND CELL DEFENSES; PART IV: CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT; 8 CANCER DETECTION AND BIOMARKERS
9 CLINICAL CHALLENGES FOR TREATMENT AND A CURE10 CLINICAL TRIALS IN ONCOLOGY; 11 THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRUGS: CURRENT CONCEPTS AND ISSUES; 12 A NEW GENERATION OF DRUGS IN CANCER TREATMENT: MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPIES; 13 EPIDEMIOLOGY: IDENTIFYING CANCER'S CAUSES; 14 CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; Index
Summary Offers a broad audience a concise presentation of the most up-to-date knowledge about the biology and treatment of cancer; Full coverage of cancer prevention and control; Clear, thorough discussion of current and possible future therapies; Edited by two of the most eminent and widely recognized scholars of cancer research and therapeutics in the world, with contributions from top researchers and clinicians from across North America
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cancer -- Popular works.
Cancer -- Treatment -- Popular works.
Neoplasms -- physiopathology.
Neoplasms -- therapy.
Genre/Form Popular works.
Form Electronic book
Author Pardee, Arthur B. (Arthur Beck), 1921-
Stein, Gary S.
Wiley InterScience (Online service)
LC no. 2008001368
ISBN 0470374233 (electronic bk.)
047037425X
1282112600
9780470374238 (electronic bk.)
9780470374252
9781282112605