Screen LibraryCancer biology：an updated global overview
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| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Cancer etiology, diagnosis and treatments series |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 82 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781608761937 (softcover) 1608761932 (softcover) |
| Index Number: | R730 |
| CLC: | R730 |
| Call Number: | R730/E483 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Cancer definition and classification -- Cellular carcinogenesis is a monoclonal multistep threshold phenomenon -- The genetic and molecular changes leading to cancer are of five types -- Causes of cancer -- Cellular changes associating malignant transformation (dedifferentiation) -- Tumor recurrence and metastasis -- Tumor markers -- Natural inhibitors of the multistage carcinogenesis -- Biochemical bases of current anticancer treatments. |