| Description |
xxi, 458 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. What is cancer / L. M. Franks -- 2. The spread of tumours / I. R. Hart -- 3. Epidemiology of cancer / T. Key, D. Forman and M. C. Pike -- 4. Inherited susceptibility to cancer / H. S. Wasan and W. F. Bodmer -- 5. Structure of DNA and its relationship to carcinogenesis / Beverly E. Griffin -- 6. Chemical carcinogenesis / Raymond Tennant, Caroline Wigley and Alan Balmain -- 7. Radiation carcinogenesis / G. E. Adams and R. Cox -- 8. Viruses and cancer / John Wyke -- 9. Oncogenes and cancer / Natalie M. Teich -- 10. Chromosomes and cancer / Denise Sheer -- 11. Growth factor signalling pathways in cancer / Alastair D. Reith and George Panayotou -- 12. Stem cells, haemopoiesis, and leukaemia / Mel Greaves -- 13. The molecular pathology of cancer / Nicholas R. Lemoine and Gordon Stamp -- 14. Hormones and cancer / M. G. Parker and L. M. Franks -- 15. The neuroendocrine system and its tumours / J. M. Polak and S. R. Bloom -- 16. Immunology of cancer / Peter Beverley |
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17. The local treatment of cancer / Ian Fentiman -- 18. Chemotherapy / J. S. Malpas -- 19. Monoclonal antibodies and therapy / Philip E. Thorpe, Edward J. Wawrzynczak and Francis J. Burrows -- 20. Cytokines and cancer / Frances R. Balkwill -- 21. Screening and chemoprevention / Jack Cuzick -- 22. Some conclusions and prospects / Robin A. Weiss |
| Notes |
Includes glossary (p. [425]-442) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cancer cells.
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Cancer -- Molecular aspects.
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Cancer.
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Carcinogenesis.
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Neoplasms.
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Cell Biology.
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Molecular Biology.
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Cell Biology.
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Molecular Biology.
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Neoplasms.
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| Author |
Franks, L. M. (Leonard Maurice)
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Teich, N. M. (Natalie M.)
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| LC no. |
97013068 |
| ISBN |
0198548540 (paperback) |
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0198548559 (Hbk) |
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