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Principles of Cancer Biology [e-book]

By: Publication details: Essex : Pearson Education, 2013Subject(s):
Contents:
Table of contents; Glossary, What is cancer?; Profile of a cancer cell; How cancers spread; Identifying the causes of cancer; chemicals and cancer; radiation and cancer; Heredity and cancer; Infectious agents and cancer; Oncogenes; Tumor suppressor genes and cancer overview; Cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment; Preventing cancer; Appendix - some features of the main types of cancer; Appendix - known and suspected human carcinogens; Index
Summary: Principles of Cancer Biology, is an engaging book focused on providing students with a ""big picture"" view of cancer. Author Lewis Kleinsmith has written an instructional text focusing on key concepts for both students and a general audience. For those instructors who wish to delve into particular aspects of cancer biology in greater depth, each chapter contains a list of suggested readings that expand the detail as needed"
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Table of contents; Glossary, What is cancer?; Profile of a cancer cell; How cancers spread; Identifying the causes of cancer; chemicals and cancer; radiation and cancer; Heredity and cancer; Infectious agents and cancer; Oncogenes; Tumor suppressor genes and cancer overview; Cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment; Preventing cancer; Appendix - some features of the main types of cancer; Appendix - known and suspected human carcinogens; Index

Principles of Cancer Biology, is an engaging book focused on providing students with a ""big picture"" view of cancer. Author Lewis Kleinsmith has written an instructional text focusing on key concepts for both students and a general audience. For those instructors who wish to delve into particular aspects of cancer biology in greater depth, each chapter contains a list of suggested readings that expand the detail as needed"

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