文档介绍：PART I
MOLECULES, MECHANISMS, AND CELLS
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF HUMAN CANCERS
Molecular Biology of Human
Cancers
An Advanced Student’s Textbook
by
WOLFGANG ARTHUR SCHULZ
Department of Urology and Center for Biological and Medical Research,
Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
Springer
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Print ISBN: 1-4020-3185-8
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface: How to read this book………………………………………………... xiii
Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………. xvii
PART I – MOLECULES, MECHANISMS, AND CELLS
1 An Introduction to Human Cancers..................................................................... 1
An overview of the cancer problem .................................................................. 1
Causes of cancer............................................................................................... 5
Box Reactive oxygen species ........................................................................ 10
Characteristic Properties of Cancers and Cancer Cells................................ 11
Box : Hallmarks of Cancer ............................................................................. 18
Characterization and Classification of Cancers in the Clinic ....................... 17
Treatment of Cancer....................................................................................... 21
Further reading..................................................................................................... 23
2 Tumor ics ...