The Biology of CancerThoroughly updated and incorporating the most important advances in the fast-growing field of cancer biology, The Biology of Cancer, Second Edition, maintains all of its hallmark features admired by students, instructors, researchers, and clinicians around the world.The Biology of Cancer is a textbook for students studying the molecular and cellula |
Contents
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| 31 | |
Tumor Viruses | 71 |
Cellular Oncogenes | 103 |
Growth Factors Receptors and Cancer | 131 |
Cytoplasmic Signaling Circuitry Programs Many of the Traits of Cancer | 175 |
Tumor Suppressor Genes | 231 |
pRb and Control of the Cell Cycle Clock | 275 |
Multistep Tumorigenesis | 439 |
Maintenance of Genomic Integrity and the Development of Cancer | 511 |
Heterotypic Interactions and the Biology of Angiogenesis | 577 |
Moving Out Invasion and Metastasis | 641 |
Crowd Control Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy | 723 |
The Rational Treatment of Cancer | 797 |
Abbreviations | 877 |
Glossary | 1 |
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