Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology Primer of the Molecular Biology of Cancer

Zusammenfassung Brings together the basic scientific information on the molecular biology of cancer. This book provides a single concise source of information for scientists and clinicians in this rapidly developing field. Table of Contents Part I: General Principles 1. The Cancer Genome 2. Mechanisms of Genomic Instability 3. Epigenetics of Cancer 4. Telomeres, Telomerase, and Cancer 5. Cell Signaling, Growth Factors and their Receptors 6. Cell Cycle 7. Mechanisms of Cell Death 8. Cancer Metabolism 9. Angiogenesis 10. Invasion and Metastasis 11. Cancer Stem Cells 12. Biology of Personalized Cancer Medicine 13. Targeted Therapy with Small Molecule Kinase Inhibitors Part II: Molecular Biology of Individual Cancers 14. Head and Neck Cancers 15. Lung Cancer 16. Esophagus and Stomach 17. Pancreas Cancer 18. Liver Cancer 19. Colorectal Cancer 20. Kidney Cancer 21. Bladder 22. Prostate Cancer 23. Gynecologic Cancers 24. Breast Cancer 25. Endocrine Tumors ...

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• Assisted by: Steven A. Rosenberg (Editor), Vincent T. Devita (Editor), Theodore S. Lawrence (Editor)
• Authors: Vincent T. Lawrence Devita Jr, Vincent T DeVita, Vincent Devita Jr., Vincent T. Lawrence Devita
• Publisher: Lippincott
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.12.2011
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine
• EAN: 9781451118971
• ISBN: 978-1-4511-1897-1
• Pages: 456