Cancer Biology: How Science Works /

Cancer is a collection of diseases that can affect basically every organ of our body, all of which have in common uncontrolled cellular growth. The cells forming our body have the potential to grow in the context of wound healing or for the constant replacement of cells in our blood, skin or intesti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Carlberg, Carsten (Author), Velleuer, Eunike (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:	1st ed. 2021.
Subjects:	Cancer research. Genetics. Biochemistry. Cancer Research. Genetics and Genomics. Biochemistry, general. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction to cancer
2. Oncogenes, signal transduction and the hallmarks of cancer
3. Tumor suppressor genes and cell fate control
4. Multi-step tumorigenesis and genome instability
5. Cancer genomics
6. Cancer epigenomics
7. Aging and cancer
8. Tumor microenvironment
9. Metastasis and cachexia
10. Cancer immunity
11. Architecture of cancer therapies.