The Molecular biology of cancer : a bridge from bench to bedside / edited by Stella Pelengaris, and Mike Khan. -- 2nd ed. -- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. – (64.83 /M718 /2nd ed.) |
Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1: Overview of cancer biology
Mike Khan and Stella Pelengaris
Chapter 2: The burden of cancer
William P. Steward and Anne L. Thomas
Chapter 3: Nature and nurture in oncogenesis
Mike Khan and Stella Pelengaris
Chapter 4: DNA replication and the cell cycle
Mike Khan and Stella Pelengaris
Chapter 5: Growth Signalling Pathways and the New Era of Targeted Treatment of Cancer
Mike Khan and Stella Pelengaris
Chapter 6: Oncogenes
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
Chapter 7: Tumour suppressor
Martine F. Roussel
Chapter 8: Cell death
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
Chapter 9: Senescence, telomeres and cancer stem cells
Maria Blasco and Mike Khan
Chapter 10: Genetic instability, chromosomes and repair
Mike Khan
Chapter 11: There is more to cancer than genetics- regulation of gene and protein expression by epigenetic factors, small regulatory RNA's and protein stability
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
Chapter 12. Cell adhesion in cancer
Charles H. Streuli
Chapter 13: Tumor Immunity and Immunotherapy
Cassian Yee
Chapter 14: Tumor angiogenesis
Christiana Ruhrberg
Chapter 15: Cancer Chemistry: Designing New Drugs for Cancer Treatment
Ana M. Pizarro and Peter J. Sadler
Chapter 16: Biologically targeted agents from bench to bedside
Mike Khan and Stella Pelengaris
Chapter 17: The Diagnosis of cancer
Anne L. Thomas, Bruno Morgan and William P. Steward
Chapter 18: Treatment of cancer - chemotherapy and radiotherapy
Anne L. Thomas, J. P. Sage and William P. Steward
Chapter 19: Caring for the cancer patient
Nicky Rudd and Esther Waterhouse
Chapter 20: Systems Biology of Cancer
Walter Schubert, Norbert C. J. de Wit and Peter Walden
Index