Title | The Pathobiology of Neoplasia [electronic resource] / edited by Alphonse E. Sirica |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1989 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5523-6 |
Descript | XXII, 583 p. online resource |
Introduction: Chronology of Significant Events in the Study of Neoplasia -- 1. Classification of Neoplasms -- 2. Chemical Carcinogenesis in Experimental Animals and Humans -- 3. DNA Adducts and Carcinogenesis -- 4. Oncogenic Viruses -- 5. Radiation Carcinogenesis -- 6. The Multistage Concept of Carcinogenesis -- 7. Organ and Species Specificity in Chemical Carcinogenesis and Tumor Promotion -- 8. DNA Repair Mechanisms and Carcinogenesis -- 9. Preneoplasia and Precancerous Lesions -- 10. Tumor Progression and the Clonal Evolution of Neoplasia -- 11. Cytogenetics and Human Neoplasia -- 12. Genetics of Susceptibility to Mouse Skin Tumor Promotion -- 13. Oncogenes -- 14. Activation of Oncogenes by Chemical Carcinogens -- 15. Alterations in Biochemical Control Mechanisms of Neoplastic Cells -- 16. Membrane Alterations in Neoplasia -- 17. Growth Factors and Neoplasia -- 18. Biochemical Mechanisms of Action of the Phorbol Ester Class of Tumor Promoters -- 19. Biochemical Marker Alterations in Hepatic Preneoplasia Neoplasia -- 20. Oncogene Activation and Expression during Carcinogenesis in Liver and Pancreas -- 21. Oncodevelopmental Expression and Neoplasia -- 22. Expression of Differentiated Function in Neoplasms -- 23. Ectopic Hormone Production and Neoplasia -- 24. Metaplastic Transformation of Pancreatic Cells to Hepatocytes -- 25. Crown Gall Neoplasms -- 26. Angiogenesis: Factors and Mechanisms -- 27 Tumor Invasion and Metastases: Biochemical Mechanisms -- 28. Phenotypic Heterogeneity and Metastasis