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The biology of cancer / Robert A. Weinberg.
Holman Biotech Commons RC268.4 .W45 2007 1 v. + CD-ROM + poster
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Levy Dental Medicine Library - Stacks RC268.4 .W45 2007 1 v. + CD-ROM
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weinberg, Robert A. (Robert Allan), 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cancer--Molecular aspects.
- Cancer.
- Cancer--Genetic aspects.
- Cancer cells.
- Neoplasms--genetics.
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic.
- Genes, Neoplasm.
- Medical Subjects:
- Neoplasms--genetics.
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic.
- Genes, Neoplasm.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 poster (color ; 77 x 42 cm, folded to 27 x 20 cm)
- Other Title:
- Accompanying poster has title: Pathways in human cancer
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Garland Science, [2007]
- Summary:
- Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "figures from text--in PowerPoint and JPEG formats; supplementary sidebars; mini-lectures; movies."--CD-ROM label.
- Contents:
- The biology and genetics of cells and organisms
- The nature of cancer
- Tumor viruses
- Cellular oncogenes
- Growth factors and their receptors
- Cytoplasmic signaling circuitry programs many of the traits of cancer
- Tumor suppressor genes
- pRb and control of the cell cycle clock
- p53 and apoptosis: master guardian and executioner
- Eternal life: cell immortalization and tumorigenesis
- Multistep tumorigenesis
- Maintenance of genomic integrity and the development of cancer
- Dialogue replaces monologue: heterotypic interactions and the biology of angiogenesis
- Moving out: invasion and metastasis
- Crowd control: tumor immunology and immunotherapy
- The rational treatment of cancer.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Dental Medicine Library lacks accompanying poster.
- ISBN:
- 0815340788
- 0815340761
- OCLC:
- 63114199
- Publisher Number:
- 9780815340782
- Online:
- Publisher description
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