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- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Amendments and Updates
- Section I The multicellular organism
- 1 The multicellular organism and cancer
- 2 DNA repair and genome integrity
- 3 Evolution and cancer
- Section II The aetiology of cancer
- 4 Genetics and genetic instability in cancer
- 5 Epigenetics
- 6 Viral carcinogenesis
- 7 Chemical carcinogens
- 8 Radiation as a carcinogen
- Section III How the cancer cell works
- 9 Growth factors and associated signalling pathways in tumour progression and in cancer treatment
- 10 Hormones and cancer
- 11 Oncogenesis and tumour suppression
- 12 The signalling pathways in cancer
- 13 Cell cycle control
- 14 Cancer and cell death
- 15 Telomerase and immortalization
- 16 Cancer metabolism
- 17 Chaperones and protein quality control in the neoplastic process
- 18 Oxygen and cancer
- 19 Invasion, metastasis, and tumour dormancy
- 20 Cancer stem cells
- Section IV Cancer microenvironment
- 21 Cancer-associated stroma
- 22 Blood vessels and cancer
- 23 Cancer immunology
- Section V Global vision of cancer
- 24 Molecular profiling in cancer research and personalized medicine
- 25 Proteomics and metabolomics applications in cancer biology
- 26 Cancer systems biology: From molecular profiles to pathways, signalling networks, and therapeutic vulnerabilities
- 27 Cancer biology through immunohistology
- Section VI The biology of cancer treatment
- 28 Principles of chemotherapy
- 29 Immunotherapy and tumour resistance to immune-mediated control and elimination
- 30 Biological effect of radiotherapy on cancer cells
- Section VII Conclusions
- 31 Benign tumours: The forgotten neoplasms
- 32 Conclusions: Cancer biology, a moveable feast
- Index
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- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Amendments and Updates
- Section I The multicellular organism
- 1 The multicellular organism and cancer
- 2 DNA repair and genome integrity
- 3 Evolution and cancer
- Section II The aetiology of cancer
- 4 Genetics and genetic instability in cancer
- 5 Epigenetics
- 6 Viral carcinogenesis
- 7 Chemical carcinogens
- 8 Radiation as a carcinogen
- Section III How the cancer cell works
- 9 Growth factors and associated signalling pathways in tumour progression and in cancer treatment
- 10 Hormones and cancer
- 11 Oncogenesis and tumour suppression
- 12 The signalling pathways in cancer
- 13 Cell cycle control
- 14 Cancer and cell death
- 15 Telomerase and immortalization
- 16 Cancer metabolism
- 17 Chaperones and protein quality control in the neoplastic process
- 18 Oxygen and cancer
- 19 Invasion, metastasis, and tumour dormancy
- 20 Cancer stem cells
- Section IV Cancer microenvironment
- 21 Cancer-associated stroma
- 22 Blood vessels and cancer
- 23 Cancer immunology
- Section V Global vision of cancer
- 24 Molecular profiling in cancer research and personalized medicine
- 25 Proteomics and metabolomics applications in cancer biology
- 26 Cancer systems biology: From molecular profiles to pathways, signalling networks, and therapeutic vulnerabilities
- 27 Cancer biology through immunohistology
- Section VI The biology of cancer treatment
- 28 Principles of chemotherapy
- 29 Immunotherapy and tumour resistance to immune-mediated control and elimination
- 30 Biological effect of radiotherapy on cancer cells
- Section VII Conclusions
- 31 Benign tumours: The forgotten neoplasms
- 32 Conclusions: Cancer biology, a moveable feast
- Index