Main description:

Incorporating the most important advances in the fast-growing field of cancer biology, the text maintains all of its hallmark features. It is admired by students, instructors, researchers and clinicians around the world for its clear writing, extensive full-colour art programme and numerous pedagogical features.

Contents:

CONTENTS
1. The Biology and Genetics of Cells and Organisms
2. The Nature of Cancer
3. Tumor Viruses
4. Cellular Oncogenes
5. Growth Factors, Receptors, and Cancer
6. Cytoplasmic Signaling Circuitry Programs Many of the Traits of Cancer
7. Tumor Suppressor Genes
8. pRb and Control of the Cell Cycle Clock
9. p53 and Apoptosis: Master Guardian and Executioner
10. Eternal Life: Cell Immortalization and Tumorigenesis
11. Multi-step Tumorigenesis
12. Maintenance of Genomic Integrity and the Development of Cancer
13. Dialogue Replaces Monologue: Heterotypic Interactions and the Biology of Angiogenesis
14. Moving Out: Invasion and Metastasis
15. Crowd Control: Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy
16. The Rational Treatment of Cancer