Oxford Textbook of Cancer Biology

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Oxford Textbook of Cancer Biology
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SECTION I The multicellular organism
	1. The multicellular organism and cancer
	2. DNA repair and genome integrity
	3. Evolution and cancer
SECTION II The aetiology of cancer
	4. Genetics and genetic instability in cancer
	5. Epigenetics
	6. Viral carcinogenesis—an overview
	7. Chemical carcinogens
	8. Radiation as a carcinogen
SECTION III How the cancer cell works
	9. Growth factors and associated signalling pathways in tumour progression and in cancer treatment
	10. Hormones and cancer
	11. Oncogenesis and tumour suppression
	12. The signalling pathways in cancer
	13. Cell cycle control
	14. Cancer and cell death
	15. Telomerase and immortalization
	16. Cancer metabolism
	17. Chaperones and protein quality control in the neoplastic process
	18. Oxygen and cancer: The response to hypoxia
	19. Invasion, metastasis, and tumour dormancy
	20. Cancer stem cells
SECTION IV Cancer microenvironment
	21. Cancer-​associated stroma
	22. Blood vessels and cancer
	23. Cancer immunology
SECTION V Global vision of cancer
	24. Molecular profiling in cancer research and personalized medicine
	25. Proteomics and metabolomics applications in cancer biology
	26. Cancer systems biology: From molecular profiles to pathways, signalling networks, and therapeutic vulnerabilities
	27. Cancer biology through immunohistology
SECTION VI The biology of cancer treatment
	28. Principles of chemotherapy
	29. Immunotherapy and tumour resistance to immune-​mediated control and elimination
	30. Biological effect of radiotherapy on cancer cells
SECTION VII Conclusions
	31. Benign tumours: The forgotten neoplasms
	32. Conclusions: Cancer biology, a moveable feast
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