Elements of Human Cancer

Front Cover
Jones & Bartlett Learning, 1992 - Medical - 354 pages
This best-selling volume provides a broad overview of cancer from the basic biology and causes of human cancer through detailed discussion of the major types of cancer. A concluding chapter summarizes progress and discusses current and future directions in cancer research and treatment.
 

Contents

What Is Cancer?
4
Cancer and Age
10
Benign and Malignant Neoplasms
16
Invasion and Metastasis
22
Key Terms
28
Variation in Cancer Incidence Among Different Countries
36
Alcohol
42
Radiation
44
Regulation of Gene Expression in Response to Growth Factors
183
Regulation of Gene Expression by Steroids and Related Hormones
185
Summary
191
CANCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
199
Dietary Factors
206
The Questionable Importance of Synthetic Chemicals in
213
Early Detection and Diagnosis
220
Screening for Colorectal Cancer
226

Medicines That Cause Cancer
52
References and Further Reading
58
Hepatitis B Virus
64
Human TCell Lymphotropic Viruses
70
Heredity and Cancer
76
Racial and Familial Risk Factors
84
Cell Growth and Differentiation
91
Cell Division in Adults
99
Summary
105
Reduced Growth Factor Requirements of Cancer Cells
112
Protease Secretion and Angiogenesis
116
Oncogenes
123
Differences Between Oncogenes and ProtoOncogenes
131
Summary
140
Hybrids Between Normal Cells and Cancer Cells
146
Summary
152
The Combined Roles of EpsteinBarr Virus and the cmyc
161
Summary
169
Oncogenes and Growth Factors
175
Summary
235
Radiation Therapy
242
Drug Resistance and Combination Chemotherapy
249
Immunotherapy
255
Summary
259
OVERVIEW OF MAJOR TYPES OF CANCER
265
Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemias
271
Multiple Myeloma
277
Brain Tumors
283
References and Further Reading
289
Colon and Rectum Cancer
295
Urinary Cancers
302
Stomach Cancer
308
Thyroid Cancer
311
PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
319
Progress in Understanding Cancer
325
Glossary
337
Index
348
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