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Molecular mechanisms of cancer /

This book is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students and oncologists. It will also aid in drug discovery by identifying molecular targets. The growing insight generated by research into molecular carcinogenesis and the absence of comparably comprehensive and systematic textbooks mak...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:RC268.48 W4.23
Autor principal: Weber, Georg F. (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer, 2007.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theories of carcinogenesis
  • Physioloigic correlates of malignancy
  • Cell division and survival
  • Cellular senescence
  • Invasiveness
  • DNA repair
  • Epigenetic regulation of cancer-associated gene products
  • Interaction of the groups of cancer-related gene products
  • Structural growth control
  • The organ preference of metastasis formation
  • Angiogenesis
  • Interactions with the immune system
  • Endocrine dysregulation
  • Dormancy and minimal residual disease
  • Epithelial tumors
  • Hematologic malignancies
  • Mesenchymal tumors
  • Neurologic tumors
  • Tumors of serous cavities
  • Embryonic tumors.