Preface
This book on Cancer Biology is structured to build basic concepts in Neoplasia. The book contains seven chapters. The first chapter describes the fundamentals including but not limited to origin, types, causes, symptoms and characteristics of cancer. The second chapter details on theories of carcinogenesis, metastasis, tumour markers, cancer stem cells and animal models used for cancer research. The third chapter builds on core themes of genes (proto oncogenes, oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes), mutations, telomerase activity, apoptosis, chromosomal defects, epigenetic mechanisms, hereditary and non-hereditary cancers, familial cancers and role of genetic and environmental interactions. The molecular mechanisms including the cell ...
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