New Edition of Introduction to the Cellular and Molecular Biology of Cancer Provides a Comprehensive Overview of Cancer Biology
DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c82789) has announced the
addition of Introduction to the Cellular and Molecular Biology of
Cancer, Fourth Edition to their offering.
-- Great breadth of coverage in one volume: covers all aspects of
cancer, in a concise and affordable format
-- Provides a comprehensive introduction to the initiation,
development, and treatment of cancer
-- Chapter are written by experts in each field, giving a
state-of-the-art summary of each topic
-- Extensive references provide links to all the relevant
literature, facilitating further study
New to this edition
This edition has undergone major changes to reflect rapid progress
and new developments. Eight new chapters have been added, including
coverage of DNA repair, epigenetic events, the cell cycle, cell
immortalisation, apoptosis, angiogenesis, animal models, the genome,
transcriptome and proteome, radiotherapy and molecular radiotherapy,
immunotherapy, and gene therapy. All the material from the previous
edition has been extensively revised and new authors have contributed
to some chapters.
This new edition of Introduction to the Cellular and Molecular
Biology of Cancer provides a comprehensive overview of cancer biology,
covering the current status of both research and treatment. For the
student or new researcher the breadth of cancer research can appear
daunting, yet a broad understanding is essential for translation of
laboratory findings into the clinic.
Within the broad scope of the book, each topic is reviewed
authoritatively by experts in the field, and the accompanying
bibliographies allow rapid access to the relevant current literature.
The book covers topics extending from the molecular alterations found
in cancer cells and their causes to the current range of approaches to
treatment. Since the publication of the previous edition in 1997 there
has been unprecedented progress in cancer research: this is reflected
by an extensive revision of all the material, and the addition of
eight new chapters, covering DNA repair, epigenetic events, the cell
cycle, cell immortalisation, apoptosis, angiogenesis, animal models,
the genome, transcriptome and proteome, radiotherapy and molecular
radiotherapy, immunotherapy, and gene therapy.
The fourth edition of this popular book will serve as a text for
both undergraduate and postgraduate use and also as an introduction
for clinicians and scientists new to the field.
Readership: Undergraduates and postgraduates taking cellular and
molecular biology courses; medical students; oncologists.
About the Authors
Margaret Knowles, Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, Leeds, UK
and
Peter Selby, National Cancer Research Network, Leeds, UK
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Contributors
1 What is cancer?
Leonard M. Franks and Margaret A. Knowles
2 The causes of cancer
Naomi Allen, Robert Newton, Amy Berrington de Gonzalez, Jane Green,
Emily Banks, and Timothy J. Key.
3 Inherited susceptibility to cancer
D. Timothy Bishop
4 DNA repair and cancer
Beate Koberle, John P. Wittschieben, and Richard D. Wood
5 Epigenetic events in cancer
Jonathan C. Cheng and Peter A. Jones
6 Molecular cytogenetics of cancer
Denise Sheer and Janet M. Shipley
7 Oncogenes
Margaret A. Knowles
8 Tumour suppressor genes
Sonia Lai'n and David P. Lane
9 The cancer cell cycle
Chris J. Norbury
10 Cellular immortalization and telomerase activation in cancer
Robert F. Newbold
11 Growth factors and their signalling pathways in cancer
Sally A. Prigent
12 Apoptosis: molecular physiology and significance for cancer
therapeutics
Dean A. Fennell
13 Mechanisms of viral carcinogenesis
Paul Farrell
14 Cytokines and cancer
Peter W. Szlosarek and Frances R. Balkwill
15 Hormones and cancer
Charlotte L. Bevan
16 The spread of tumours
Ian Hart
17 Tumour angiogenesis
Kiki Tahtis and Roy Bicknell
18 Stem cells, haemopoiesis, and leukaemia
Mel Greaves
19 Animal models of cancer
Jos Jonkers and Anton Berns
20 The immunology of cancer
Peter C. L. Beverley
21 The molecular pathology of cancer
Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic, Richard Poulsom, and Nicholas R. Lemoine
22 From transcriptome to proteome
Silvana Debernardi, Rachel A. Craven, Bryan D. Young, and
Rosamonde E. Banks
23 Local treatment of cancer
Ian S. Fentiman
24 Chemotherapy
D. Ross Camidge and Duncan I. Jodrell
25 Radiotherapy and molecular radiotherapy
Anne Kiltie
26 Monoclonal antibodies and therapy
Tom Geldart, Martin J. Glennie, and Peter W. M. Johnson
27 Immunotherapy of cancer
Andrew M. Jackson and Joanne Porte
28 Cancer gene therapy
John D. Chester
29 Screening
Peter Sasieni and Jack Cuzick
30 Conclusions and prospects
Peter Selby and Margaret Knowles
Index
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