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This text is part of a series on advances in oncobiology which covers areas fundamental to the understanding of turmour biology and the disease process, from neoplasia, radiation biology and environmental carcinogens, metastasis and cellular proliferation, oncogenes and molecular genetics of cancer, and immunobiology, to theoretical insights into the disease process, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and biological principles of clinical treatment.

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Author:   G. Heppner (Breast Cancer Program, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA) ,  Edward Bittar (Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   JAI Press Inc.
Volume:   v. 1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.730kg
ISBN:  

9780762301461

ISBN 10:   0762301465
Pages:   355
Publication Date:   25 March 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface (G. Heppner) Pathobiology of Neoplasia (D.W. Visscher and G.H. Heppner) Cancer Induction by Ionizing Radiation (K.L. Mossman) Environmental Causes of Cancer (J.S. Malpas) Progestin Regulation of Cellular Proliferation (E.A. Musgrove and R.L. Sutherland) Tumor Angiogenesis and its Control by Tumor Suppressor Genes (P.J. Polverini) The Role of Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication in Neoplasia (R.J. Ruch) Cell Adhesion and Metastasis: Molecular Mechanisms (C.W. Evans) RAS: Processor of Vital Signals (C.M. Weyman and D.W. Stacey) Human Cytokines (B.G. Darnay and B.B. Aggarwal) Immunity to Cancer: Cytotoxic Lymphocytes, Interleukin-2, and the Tumor Necrosis Factor Superfamily (M.J. Robertson and J. Ritz) Quantitative Analysis of Nuclear Size for Prognosis-Related Malignancy Grading (F.B. Sørensen) Prostate Cancer (M. Gleave, M. Bandyk, and L. Chung) The Biology of Human Melanoma (S.Q. Lynch, P.M. Doskoch, S. Vijayasaradhi, and A.N. Houghton) Aspects of the Treatment of B Cell Malignancies (A.Z.S. Rohatiner, J.S. Malpas, and R.K. Ganjoo) Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy (J.S. Malpas and A. Rohatiner)

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