Principles of Cancer Genetics

• Main Author: Bunz, Fred (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Human genetics.; Oncology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Human Genetics.

This is the second edition of a widely used  textbook that consolidates the basic concepts of the cancer gene theory and provides a framework for understanding the genetic basis of cancer. Particular attention is devoted to the origins of the mutations that cause cancer, and the application of evolu...

Table of Contents:

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