Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology

Primer of the Molecular Biology of Cancer
Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology 9781451118971
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Publication Date: May 17, 2011
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Drawn from the content of the new Ninth Edition of Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, this unique publication brings together the basic scientific information on the molecular biology of cancer. The format is designed to be useful both to research scientists interested in the study of cancer and to oncologists who need to understand these new developments that are having a profound impact on the care of patients with cancer. Leading scientists and clinicians in the field of molecular biology and clinical oncology have lent their expertise to this project. The text has been divided into two parts. Part I includes thirteen chapters that deal with the general principles of the molecular biology of cancer that provide the basic framework for an understanding of the behavior of cancer cells. Part II includes an up-to-date description of how this new information has affected the understanding of the biology of 19 of the most common cancers, with an emphasis on how these new findings have been translated to impact the management of cancer patients. This distinctive text provides a single concise source of information for scientists and clinicians in this rapidly developing field.

About the Author(s)

  • Vincent T DeVita, Jr. MD
  • Amy and Joseph Perella Professor of Medicine, Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital at New Haven, New Haven, CT


  • Steven A Rosenberg MD, PhD
  • Chief of Surgery, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health; Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences School of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; Professor of Surgery, George Washington University School

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  • Product Format: Softbound
  • ISBN: 9781451118971
  • Trim Size: 7 x 10
  • Pages: 456
  • Pub Date: May 17, 2011
  • Weight: 1.0

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Table of contents

Table of Contents   Part I:  General Principles   1. The Cancer Genome     2. Mechanisms of Genomic Instability                                               3. Epigenetics of Cancer                                                                4. Telomeres, Telomerase, and Cancer                                            5. Cell Signaling, Growth Factors and their Receptors                      6. Cell Cycle                                                                                                                                                                                        7. Mechanisms of Cell Death                                                          8. Cancer Metabolism                                                                                                                                                                          9.  Angiogenesis                                                                               10. Invasion and Metastasis                                                                   11. Cancer Stem Cells                                                                      12.  Biology of Personalized Cancer Medicine                                        13.  Targeted Therapy with Small Molecule Kinase Inhibitors                                          Part II:  Molecular Biology of Individual Cancers   14. Head and Neck Cancers                                                               15.  Lung Cancer                                                                                16.  Esophagus and Stomach                                                          17.  Pancreas Cancer                                                                                      18.  Liver Cancer                                          19.  Colorectal Cancer                      &