Author

Alberts, Bruce

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Garland Publishing, Inc.

Publication Date

1998

Subjects

Cytology

Molecular Biology

ISBN

815320450

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QH506 E78 1998

Copies

Author

Cairns, John

Place of Publication

Princeton, NJ

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication Date

1997

Subjects

Molecular Biology

Ethics, Medical

Neoplasms

Forecasting

ISBN

0691028729

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QH506 C136 1998

Copies

Editor

Lemoine, Francois M

Wright, N.A.

Place of Publication

Plainview, NY

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

Publication Date

1993

Series

Cancer surveys

Subjects

Neoplasms - pathology

Molecular Biology

ISBN

0879693894

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ206 C216 1993 v.16

Copies

Author

Tarin, David

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2023

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms

Neoplasms - genetics

Neoplasms - microbiology

Neoplasms - pathology

Abstract

This book provides a unique, wide-ranging description of the phenomenon of cancer and its pathological effects in diverse species including humans, domesticated and wild animals, invertebrates, and plants. The broad scope of information presented is used to construct radical new insights into biological self-regulation and explain their relevance to its disruption by cancerous growth and spread within the human body. Mechanisms of action of carcinogenic agents, initiation, progression, metastasis, inappropriate gene expression, dormancy, latency, regression, and reasons for susceptibility and/or resistance to cancer are all considered. Also discussed are criteria for pathological diagnosis, advances in treatment, implications for public health, and pitfalls in diagnosis and interpretation of experimental results. The book describes operational mechanisms of cancer at the levels of whole individual, organ, tissue, cell, molecular, and even atomic (quantum) scales of structural and physiological order. Evidence is assembled from all these levels of organization to show that cancer is a dynamically changing disorder and that it is an inherent and perpetual risk of multicellular composition. This provides pragmatic new biological and clinical perspectives on malignant neoplasia. The biological insight is that it is a consequence of progressing miscommunication within a cellular society. The clinical perspective is realistic but optimistic in reasoning that, although cancer can never be completely eradicated from human life, because it is a disorder of our intrinsic biological constitution, it can be controlled and ameliorated and even cured in a proportion of individuals. The text is profusely illustrated with over 300 macroscopic and microscopic pictures. It will stimulate curiosity and interest specialists, as well as beginners, in many scientific disciplines and provides copious references to the medical and scientific literature supporting its conclusions. Readers from fields as diverse as medicine, pathology, veterinary sciences, cell biology, molecular biology, developmental biology, and epidemiology will find the information the book contains thought-provoking, interesting, and useful. Additionally, specialists in occupational and environmental health and legal experts focusing on exposure to carcinogenic materials and pollution will find the contents valuable and informative.

ISBN

9783030973933

9783030973926

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Professional

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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Corporate Author

North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

Editor

Seiffert, Jennifer E

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

Sacramento, CA

Publisher

North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)

Publication Date

1998

Physical Description

viii, 28 p. ; 28 cm.

Series

Standards for cancer registries 2

Subjects

Data Collection - standards

Registries - standards

Neoplasms

Statistics

United States

Abstract

Changed data dictionary entries only April 13, 1998

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ200 D232 1998 PT.2

Copies

Corporate Author

North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

Editor

Seiffert, Jennifer E

Edition

3rd ed.

Place of Publication

Sacramento, CA

Publisher

North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)

Publication Date

1998

Physical Description

xi, 246 p. ; 28 cm.

Series

Standards for cancer registries 2

Subjects

Data Collection - standards

Registries - standards

Neoplasms

Statistics

United States

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Audience

Professional

Location

Vancouver Library

Call Number

QZ200 D232 1998 PT.1

Copies

Author

Carlberg, Carsten

Velleuer, Eunike

Place of Publication

Cham, Switzerland

Publisher

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Publication Date

2021

Series

Proquest Ebook Central

Subjects

Neoplasms

Popular Work

ISBN

9783030756987

9783030756994

Language

English

Material Type

Ebook

Audience

Patient or Public

Location

Internet

Website Notes

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