Molecular Biology of Cancer
- ISBN-10
- 1135321604
- ISBN-13
- 9781135321604
- Series
- Molecular Biology of Cancer
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 269
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-06-02
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Authors
- Fiona Macdonald, Christopher Ford, Alan Casson
Description
It has been realized for many years that cancer has a genetic component and at the level of the cell it can be said to be a genetic disease. In 1914, Boveri suggested that an aberration in the genome might be responsible for the origins of cancer. This was subsequently supported by the evidence that cancer, or the risk of cancer, could be inherited; that mutagens could cause tumors in both animals and humans; and that tumors are monoclonal in origin, that is, the cells of a tumor all show the genetic characteristics of the original transformed cell. It is only in recent years that the involvement of specific genes has been demonstrated at the molecular level. Molecular Biology of Cancer. Second edition is now in a larger format that has been extensively revised and covers heredity cancer, microarray technology and increased study of childhood cancers. --
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