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The biology of cancer / Robert A. Weinberg.

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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

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