Introduction to the cellular and molecular biology of cancer /
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| Author / Creator: | Knowles, Margaret A. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 532 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11149065 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors; 1 What is cancer?; 2 The causes of cancer; 3 Inherited susceptibility to cancer; 4 DNA repair and cancer; 5 Epigenetic events in cancer; 6 Molecular cytogenetics of cancer; 7 Oncogenes; 8 Tumour suppressor genes; 9 The cancer cell cycle; 10 Cellular immortalization and telomerase activation in cancer; 11 Growth factors and their signalling pathways in cancer; 12 Apoptosis: molecular physiology and significance for cancer therapeutics; 13 Mechanisms of viral carcinogenesis; 14 Cytokines and cancer; 15 Hormones and cancer; 16 The spread of tumours; 17 Tumour angiogenesis
- 18 Stem cells, haemopoiesis, and leukaemia19 Animal models of cancer; 20 The immunology of cancer; 21 The molecular pathology of cancer; 22 From transcriptome to proteome; 23 Local treatment of cancer; 24 Chemotherapy; 25 Radiotherapy and molecular radiotherapy; 26 Monoclonal antibodies and therapy; 27 Immunotherapy of cancer; 28 Cancer gene therapy; 29 Screening; 30 Conclusions and prospects; Index