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Advances in Cancer Research

  • 1st Edition, Volume 62 - December 2, 1993
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: George F. Vande Woude, George Klein
  • Language: English

This latest volume of the biannual serial continues rapid, current coverage of all aspects of the molecular basis of human cancer, functions of oncogenes, and research strategies… Read more

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Description

This latest volume of the biannual serial continues rapid, current coverage of all aspects of the molecular basis of human cancer, functions of oncogenes, and research strategies for cancer drug development and treatment. Topics reviewed in Volume 62 include chromosomes and cancer; pathways in Ras function; APC gene in human cancer; molecular cytogenetics of renal cell tumors; reverse transformation, genome exposure, and cancer; peptide-binding heat shock proteins in endoplasmic reticulum; new developments in the Epstein-Barr virus field; direct cellular communication and humoral immune response.

Readership

Basic and clinical researchers and students in cancer biology and cell and molecular biology.

Table of contents

P.C. Nowell, Foundations in Cancer Research: Chromosomes and Cancer: The Evolution of an Idea.
G.C. Prendergast and J.B. Gibbs, Pathways in Ras Function.
Y. Nakamura, The Role of the APC (Adenomatous PolyposisColi) Gene in Human Cancers.
G. Kovacs, Molecular Cytogenetics of Renal Cell Tumors.
T.T. Puck and A. Krystosek, Reverse Transformation, Genome Exposure and Cancer.
P.K. Srivastava, Peptide-Binding Heat Shock Proteins in the EndoplasmicReticulum: Role in Immune Response to Cancer and in Antigen Presentation.
G. Pallesen, S.J. Hamilton-Dutoit, and X. Zhou, The Association of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) with T Cell Lymphoproliferations and Hodgkin's Disease: Two New Developments in the EBV Field.
E.C. Snow and R.J. Noelle, The Role of Direct Cellular Communication during the Development of a Humoral Immune Response.
Subject Index.

Review quotes

"This classic and essential series presents critical overviews on select aspects of both cancer research and the basic underlying sciences."—AMERICAN SCIENTIST

"Excellent, highly informative, in-depth reviews...expertly written, up-to-date, and well-referenced."—JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

"Oncologists as well as other researchers and clinicians employing interferon will find this survey of interest."—BIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 62
  • Published: January 21, 1994
  • Language: English

About the editors

GV

George F. Vande Woude

Affiliations and expertise
Director, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA NCI-Frederick Cancer Research Facility Frederick, Maryland ABL-Basic Research Program, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland

GK

George Klein

Affiliations and expertise
Karolinska Insitutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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