Cancer cytogenetics / edited by Sverre Heim, Felix Mitelman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heim, Sverre.

Mitelman, Felix.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer--Genetic aspects.

Cancer.

Cytogenetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (752 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The preeminent book on cancer cytogenetics-now in a valuable new edition Like its successful predecessors, Cancer Cytogenetics, Third Edition continues to offer authoritative coverage of neoplastic processes at the chromosomal level of genomic organization. Now updated and expanded, this new edition includes detailed information on the most recent advances in the field, incorporating a vast amount of new cytogenetic as well as molecular genetic data from the latest basic and clinical investigations. Edited by two leading authorities, who are now aided by a panel of internatio

Contents:

A new approach to an old problem / Sverre Heim and Felix Mitelman

Cytogenetic methods / David Gisselsson

Cytogenetic nomenclature / Sverre Heim and Felix Mitelman

Nonrandom chromosome abnormalities in cancer : an overview / Sverre Heim and Felix Mitelman

Acute myeloid leukemia / Bertil Johansson and Christine J. Harrison

Myelodysplastic syndromes / Harold J. Olney and Michelle M. Le Beau

Chronic myeloid leukemia / Thoas Fioretos and Bertil Johansson

Chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms / Peter Vandenberghe, Lucienne Michaux, and Anne Hagemeijer

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia / Christine J. Harrison and Bertil Johansson

Mature B- and T-cell neoplasms and Hodgkin lymphoma / Reiner Siebert

Tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract / Mihaela Avramut and Susanne M. Gollin

Tumors of the lung / Penny Nymark, Eeva Kettunen, and Sakari Knuutila

Tumors of the digestive tract / Georgia Bardi and Sverre Heim

Tumors of the urinary tract / Paola Dal Cin and Azra H. Ligon

Tumors of the breast / Manuel R. Teixeira, Nikos Pandis, and Sverre Heim

Tumors of the female genital organs / Francesca Micci and Sverre Heim

Tumors of the male genital organs / Manuel R. Teixeira and Sverre Heim

Tumors of endocrine glands / Jorn Bullerdiek and David Gisselsson

Tumors of the nervous system / Aaron M. Bender ... [et al.]

Tumors of the eye / Karen Sisley

Tumors of the skin / Fredrik Mertens and Sverre Heim

Tumors of bone / Fredrik Mertens and Nils Mandahl

Soft tissue tumors / Nils Mandahl and Fredrik Mertens.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-91546-4

1-118-01013-2

0-470-93049-7

OCLC:

659500798