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The Biology of Cancer
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The Biology of Cancer book
The Biology of Cancer
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The Biology of Cancer book
ByRobert A. Weinberg
Edition 2nd Edition
First Published 2013
eBook Published 24 May 2013
Pub. Location New York
Imprint W.W. Norton & Company
Pages 960
eBook ISBN 9780429258794
Subjects Bioscience
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Weinberg, R.A. (2013). The Biology of Cancer (2nd ed.). W.W. Norton & Company. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429258794
ABSTRACT
Thoroughly updated and incorporating the most important advances in the fast-growing field of cancer biology, The Biology of Cancer, Second Edition, maintains all of its hallmark features admired by students, instructors, researchers, and clinicians around the world.The Biology of Cancer is a textbook for students studying the molecular and cellula
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONTENTS1. The Biology and Genetics of Cells and Organisms 2. The Nature of Cancer 3. Tumor Viruses 4. Cellular Oncogenes5. Growth Factors, Receptors, and Cancer 6. Cytoplasmic Signaling Circuitry Programs Many of the Traits of Cancer 7. Tumor Suppressor Genes 8. pRb and Control of the Cell Cycle Clock 9. p53 and Apoptosis: Master Guardian and Executioner10. Eternal Life: Cell Immortalization and Tumorigenesis 11. Multi-step Tumorigenesis 12. Maintenance of Genomic Integrity and the Development of Cancer 13. Dialogue Replaces Monologue: Heterotypic Interactions and the Biology of Angiogenesis14. Moving Out: Invasion and Metastasis 15. Crowd Control: Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy 16. The Rational Treatment of Cancer