| Genes, Oncogenes, and Hormones: Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer 1992 Edition Contributor(s): Dickson, Robert B. (Editor), Lippman, Marc E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0792317483 ISBN-13: 9780792317487 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $313.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1992 Annotation: This volume is the third edited by Drs. Dickson and Lippman in the Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer' series. It continues to explore the scientific thermes begun in the first two volumes: oncogenes and antioncogenes, growth factors, steriods, and stromalepithelial interactions. Rapid and important progress has continued to take place in all of these areas, especially the possibility that the new molecular understanding of regulation of growth, differentiation and metastases will lead to better tumor prognosis and treatment. For this reason this volume begins with two excellent chapters in this area.Genes, Oncogenes, and Hormones is divided into five sections: (1) the progression of node negative to positive breast cancer, (2) suppressor genes and regulation growth factors, (3) oncogenes and stimulatory growth factors, (4) steroidal hormone receptors, (5) differentiation and function of breast cancer epithelium and stroma. This volume will be useful to clinical researchers, basic researchers, and students in the breast cancer field. It complements and adds to the previous two volumes edited by Drs. Lippman and Dickson in this series. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Oncology - General - Science | Life Sciences - Molecular Biology - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Cancer |
| Dewey: 616.994 |
| LCCN: 92015491 |
| Series: Cancer Treatment and Research |
| Physical Information: 1.21" H x 6.42" W x 9.52" (1.92 lbs) 446 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Where do you begin to look for a recent, authoritative article on the diagnosis or management of a particular malignancy? The few general oncology textbooks are generally out of date. Single papers in specialized journals are informative but seldom comprehensive; these are more often preliminary reports on a very limited number of patients. Certain general journals frequently publish good in-depth reviews of cancer topics, and published symposium lectures are often the best overviews available. Unfortunately, these reviews and supplements appear sporadically, and the reader can never be sure when a topic of special interest will be covered. Cancer Treatment and Research is a series of authoritative volumes that aim to meet this need. It is an attempt to establish a critical mass of oncology literature covering virtually all oncology topics, revised frequently to keep the coverage up to date, and easily available on a single library shelf or by a single personal subscription. We have approached the problem in the following fashion: first, by dividing the oncology literature into specific subdivisions such as lung cancer, genitourinary cancer, pediatric oncology, etc.; and second, by asking eminent authorities in each of these areas to edit a volume on the specific topic on an annual or biannual basis. Each topic and tumor type is covered in a volume appearing frequently and predictably, discussing current di- agnosis, staging, markers, all forms of treatment modalities, basic biology, and more. |