Contents
Contributors vi
Preface viii
Acknowledgments x
1. Introduction 1
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
2. The Burden of Cancer 35
William Steward and Anne Thomas
3. Nature and Nurture in
Oncogenesis 61
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
4. DNA Replication and the Cell
CyCLE 88
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
5. Regulation of Growth : Growth
Factors. Receptors, and Signaling
Pathways 120
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
6. Oncogenes 158
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
7. Tumor Suppressor Genes 219
Martine Roussel
8 . Apoptosis 251
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
9. Telomeres and Senescence 279
Maria Blasco and Mike Khan
10. Genetic Instability, Chromosomes,
and Repair 296
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
11. Cancer is More Than a Genetic
Condition 326
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
12. Cell-matrix Adhesion, Cell-Cell
Interactions, and Malignancy 357
13. Tumor Immunity and
Immunotherapy 389
Cassian Yee
14. Angiogenesis 411
David T. Shima and Christiana
Ruhrberg
15. Diagnosis of Cancer 424
Anne Thomas and William Steward
16. Treatment of Cancer : Chemotherapy
and Radiotherapy 444
A.L. Thomas, R.A. Sharma, and
W.P. Steward
17. Caring ofr the Cancer Patient 464
Nicky Rudd and Esther Waterhouse
18. Genomics and Proteomics in Cancer
Research and Diagnosis 478
Norbert C.J. de Wit
Glossary 508
Answers to Questions 514
Index 518
Contributors vi
Preface viii
Acknowledgments x
1. Introduction 1
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
2. The Burden of Cancer 35
William Steward and Anne Thomas
3. Nature and Nurture in
Oncogenesis 61
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
4. DNA Replication and the Cell
CyCLE 88
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
5. Regulation of Growth : Growth
Factors. Receptors, and Signaling
Pathways 120
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
6. Oncogenes 158
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
7. Tumor Suppressor Genes 219
Martine Roussel
8 . Apoptosis 251
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
9. Telomeres and Senescence 279
Maria Blasco and Mike Khan
10. Genetic Instability, Chromosomes,
and Repair 296
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
11. Cancer is More Than a Genetic
Condition 326
Stella Pelengaris and Mike Khan
12. Cell-matrix Adhesion, Cell-Cell
Interactions, and Malignancy 357
13. Tumor Immunity and
Immunotherapy 389
Cassian Yee
14. Angiogenesis 411
David T. Shima and Christiana
Ruhrberg
15. Diagnosis of Cancer 424
Anne Thomas and William Steward
16. Treatment of Cancer : Chemotherapy
and Radiotherapy 444
A.L. Thomas, R.A. Sharma, and
W.P. Steward
17. Caring ofr the Cancer Patient 464
Nicky Rudd and Esther Waterhouse
18. Genomics and Proteomics in Cancer
Research and Diagnosis 478
Norbert C.J. de Wit
Glossary 508
Answers to Questions 514
Index 518