Principles of Cancer Genetics

• Main Author: Bunz, Fred (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Human genetics.; Oncology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Human Genetics.; Biomedicine general.

Cancer genetics is a field of daunting breadth and depth. The literature describes hundreds of genes and genetic alterations that are variably associated with again as many disease states and risk factors. Integrating these disparate pieces of highly specialized information is challenging for the pr...

Table of Contents:

• The Genetic Basis of Cancer
• Oncogenes
• Tumor Suppressor Genes
• Genetic Instability and Cancer
• Cancer Gene Pathways
• Genetic Alternations in Common Cancers
• Cancer Genetics in the Clinic.