Research Catalog

Title

The biology and treatment of cancer : understanding cancer / [edited by] Arthur B. Pardee, Gary S. Stein.

Publication

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009.

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Additional Authors

• Pardee, Arthur B. (Arthur Beck), 1921-
• Stein, Gary S.

Description

ix, 287 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 26 cm.

Subject

• Neoplasms
• Cancer > Popular works
• Cancer > Treatment > Popular works

Genre/Form

• Popular Work
• Popular works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

What goes wrong in cancer / arthur B. Pardee, Gary S. Stein, and Elizabeth Bronstein -- Cancer as a disease: types of tumors, their frequencies and progression / Kenneth J. Pienta -- Environmental, genetic and viral causes of cancer / Rami I. Aqeilan, Nicola Zanesi, and Carlo M. Croce -- Diagnosis and treatment of malignant diseases / F. Marc Stewart and Jessica A. Stewart -- Clinical challenges for treatment and a cure / Alan Rosmarin -- Understanding the biology of cancer / Laura A. Lambert, Donald H. Lambert, and Khandan Keyomarsi -- Mutations and cell defenses / Otto S. Gildemeister, Jay M. Sage, and Kendall L. Knight -- Cancer detection and biomarkers / Arthur B. Pardee, and Peng Liang -- Clinical challenges for treatment and a cure / Eleni Efstathiou and Christopher J. Logothetis -- Clinical trials in oncology / Konstantin H. Dragnev, and Mark A. Israel -- The development of drugs: current concepts and issues / Barry S. Komm, and Christopher P. Miller -- A new generation of drugs in cancer treatment: molecularly targeted therapies / Thomas O'Hare, Christopher A. Eide, and Michael W. Deininger -- Epidemiology and population based studies / James R. Hebert -- Consumer health information / David Shepro, and Catherine N. Norton.

ISBN

• 0470009586 (pbk.)
• 9780470009581 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2008001368

OCLC

• 191010116
• SCSB-10301569

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library