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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Cancer epidemiology: incidence and etiology of human neoplasms -- Ch. 2. Essential concepts and techniques in molecular biology -- Ch. 3. Cancer genes -- Ch. 4. Positive mediators of cell proliferation in neoplastic transformation -- Ch. 5. Inactivation of negative growth regulators during neoplastic transformation -- Ch. 6. The role of genomic instability in the development of human cancer -- Ch. 7. Chromosomes and chromosomal instability in human cancer -- Ch. 8. Hereditary cancer -- Ch. 9. Evolution of research in cancer etiology -- Ch. 10. Cellular responses to chemical carcinogens -- Ch. 11. Physical agents in human carcinogenesis -- Ch. 12. Viral mechanisms of human carcinogenesis -- Ch. 13. The molecular biology of colorectal carcinoma: importance of the Wg/Wnt signal transduction pathway -- Ch. 14. Molecular genetic alterations in primary hepatocellular neoplasms: hepatocellular adenoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, and hepatoblastoma -- Ch. 15. The molecular basis of breast carcinogenesis -- Ch. 16. The molecular basis of prostate carcinogenesis -- Ch. 17. The molecular basis of lung carcinogenesis -- Ch. 18. The molecular basis of skin carcinogenesis -- Ch. 19. The molecular biology of leukemias -- Ch. 20. Molecular genetic applications to the diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma -- Ch. 21. Cancer genetic counseling -- Ch. 22. Molecular genetic diagnosis of inherited cancer predisposition -- Ch. 23. Novel molecular targets for cancer drug discovery -- Ch. 24. Gene therapy in the treatment of human cancer. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2001016560 |
| ISBN | 0896036340 (alk. paper) : |
