Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-148) and index.
Contents
Common types of cancer -- Terminology -- Bladder cancer -- Brain tumors -- Breast cancer -- Leukemia -- Lung cancer -- Prostate cancer -- Skin cancer -- Cancer cells -- Cancer cells are immortal -- Broken chromosomes -- Failure to communicate -- They go where they please -- One mutation is not enough -- Road to oncogenesis -- Cancer and the cell cycle -- Disease of the genes -- Tumor suppressor genes -- Oncogenes and proto-oncogenes -- Dangerous mix -- Cancer progression -- Cancers develop from a single bad cell -- Switch from benign to malignant tumors -- Role of sex hormones -- Aging and the incidence of cancer -- Carcinogens -- Cancer therapies -- Angiogenesis blockers -- Biotherapies -- Bone marrow transplants -- Chemotherapy -- Cryosurgery -- Gene therapy -- Laser therapy -- Photodynamic therapy -- Radiotherapy -- Stem cell therapy -- Cancer around the world -- Magnitude of the problem -- Developed countries have the highest cancer rates -- Cancer and the North American diet -- Cancer and lifestyle -- Cancer and the environment -- Summary -- Clinical trials -- Four phases -- Breast cancer -- Chemotherapy -- Colon cancer -- Lung cancer -- Melanoma -- Metastasis -- Resource center -- Eucaryote cell primer -- Recombinant DNA primer -- Gene therapy primer -- Matching tissues -- Human genome project.
