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Cancer : genetics and the environment

Title
Cancer : genetics and the environment / edited by H. Leon Bradlow, Jack Fishman, and Michael P. Osborne.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : New York Academy of Sciences, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Bradlow, H. Leon.
  • Fishman, Jack, 1930-
  • Osborne, Michael P.
Description
ix, 209 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 0077-8923 ; v. 833
Subject
  • Cancer > Genetic aspects > Congresses
  • Cancer > Environmental aspects > Congresses
Note
  • Result of a conference held in New York on November 15 and 16, 1996.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Cancer genetics in the new era of molecular biology -- Alterations in G1/S cell-cycle control contributing to carcinogenesis -- Breast cancer genes: therapeutic strategies -- Predictive genetic tests: problems and pitfalls -- The ethic of genetic counseling and the ethos of managed care -- Hereditary predisposition to cancer -- Nutrition and human cancer -- The epidemiology of physical activity and cancer -- Tobacco and cancer: approaches using carcinogen biomarkers and chemoprevention -- Avoidable causes of breast cancer: the known, the unknown, and the suspected -- Hormone replacement therapy increases the risk of breast cancer -- The war on cancer: a review -- Computer-assisted molecular design for the determination of structure-activity relationships for chemopreventive agents -- Physician- and counselor-tailored hybrid computer interfaces for cancer genetics risk analysis software -- Genetic object class networks: transformational object modeling of breast cancer risk and family history data -- Benzo[α]pyrene enchances levels of ErbB2 in normal mammary epithelial cells in organoid culture -- Ethical aspects of genetic counseling in familial breast and ovarian cancer: combining applied theory and reflective practice -- Phorbol ester-mediated induction of cyclooxygenase-2 gene expression is inhibited by retinoids -- Mutation of α-catenin results in invasiveness of human HCT-8 colon cancer cells -- Design and methodology of a study of psychosocial aspects of genetic testing for hereditary colorectal cancer -- The von Hippel-Lindau family alliance -- BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations and breast cancer in Ashkenazi women -- Effect of maitake D-fraction on cancer prevention.
Call Number
JSL 94-316 v. 833
ISBN
  • 1573311146 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 1573311154 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 1573311146 (alk. paper)
LCCN
97032681
OCLC
37910800
Title
Cancer : genetics and the environment / edited by H. Leon Bradlow, Jack Fishman, and Michael P. Osborne.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : New York Academy of Sciences, 1997.
Series
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 0077-8923 ; v. 833
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Bradlow, H. Leon.
Fishman, Jack, 1930-
Osborne, Michael P.
Research Call Number
JSL 94-316 v. 833
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