Dynamics of Cancer : Incidence, Inheritance, and Evolution / Steven A. Frank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frank, Steven A., Author.

Series:

Princeton Series in Evolutionary Biology ; 1

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The onset of cancer presents one of the most fundamental problems in modern biology. In Dynamics of Cancer, Steven Frank produces the first comprehensive analysis of how particular genetic and environmental causes influence the age of onset. The book provides a unique conceptual and historical framework for understanding the causes of cancer and other diseases that increase with age. Using a novel quantitative framework of reliability and multistage breakdown, Frank unifies molecular, demographic, and evolutionary levels of analysis. He interprets a wide variety of observations on the age of cancer onset, the genetic and environmental causes of disease, and the organization of tissues with regard to stem cell biology and somatic mutation. Frank uses new quantitative methods to tackle some of the classic problems in cancer biology and aging: how the rate of increase in the incidence of lung cancer declines after individuals quit smoking, the distinction between the dosage of a chemical carcinogen and the time of exposure, and the role of inherited genetic variation in familial patterns of cancer. This is the only book that presents a full analysis of the age of cancer onset. It is a superb teaching tool and a rich source of ideas for new and experienced researchers. For cancer biologists, population geneticists, evolutionary biologists, and demographers interested in aging, this book provides new insight into disease progression, the inheritance of predisposition to disease, and the evolutionary processes that have shaped organismal design.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1. Introduction

Part I: Background

2. Age of Cancer Incidence

3. Multistage Progression

4. History of Theories

Part II: Dynamics

5. Progression Dynamics

6. Theory I

7. Theory II

8. Genetics of Progression

9. Carcinogens

10. Aging

Part III: Evolution

11. Inheritance

12. Stem Cells: Tissue Renewal

13. Stem Cells: Population Genetics

14. Cell Lineage History

15. Conclusions

Appendix: Incidence

References

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9780691186863

0691186863

OCLC:

1076401709