"Provides a thorough, yet concise review of the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the transformation of normal into malignant cells...Clearly written and well illustrated, there is also an extensive, up-to-date bibliography, making the book valuable to basic scientists, physicians, nurses, and students interested in the field."—Anticancer Research
"Provides a thorough, yet concise review of the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the transformation of normal into malignant cells...Clearly written and well illustrated, there is also an extensive, up-to-date bibliography, making the book valuable to basic scientists, physicians, nurses, and students interested in the field."—Anticancer Research
"Excellent chapters cover the major topics in cancer biology and include extensive bibilography sections...Overall this is a well crafted book for graduate students and cancer researchers who wish to learn more about the key concepts and pathways involved in the rapidly advancing field of cancer biology."—Doody's
"Cancer Biology is a single-authored volume that contains nine chapters and over 500 pages of primary text. The author writes from a unique perspective, having assembled the first edition of this book in 1981, and he provides a historical perspective that is unusually appropriate, citing the relevant literature and reproducing some of the figures from 'classic' papers, while at the same time covering more contemporary topics with high scholarship. His narrative is exceptionally well written, interesting, and accessible...Overall, this is an extremely valuable volume that will be of great use to both students and established investigators."—David J. McConkey, MD, as reviewed in The Quarterly Review of Biology
Reviewer: Jill C. Pelling, PhD (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Description: This comprehensive book reviews the principles and mechanisms of carcinogenesis as well as the epidemiology of human cancer, cancer diagnosis, and cancer prevention. A wide spectrum of important topics are covered, including the characteristics of cancer, causes, epidemiology, cancer cell biochemistry and molecular genetics, tumor immunology, and cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. All nine chapters have been updated from the third edition published in 1995.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide students, as well as basic and translational cancer researchers and clinical researchers, with a common framework of the fundamental concepts and pathways of carcinogenesis as well as perspectives on future directions and issues in the field of cancer biology. As with the previous three editions, a significant strength of this book is the discussion of key historical discoveries and advances in cancer research over the past 230 years. A laudable goal of this fourth edition is to educate graduate students who are beginning their training on the important discoveries made by the early pioneers in the fields of experimental, clinical, and epidemiological cancer research.
Audience: The author has targeted this book at advanced students and researchers in the fields of cancer biology and translational cancer research.
Features: Excellent chapters cover the major topics in cancer biology and include extensive bibliography sections. The black-and-white diagrams are for the most part clear and well executed. New to this edition are a series of color glossy figures that illustrate a number of signaling pathways as well as schematics that illustrate various methodologies such as dual-modality reporter gene imaging, MALDI-tof mass spectrometry, and microarray analysis by hierarchical clustering.
Assessment: Overall this is a well crafted book for graduate students and cancer researchers who wish to learn more about the key concepts and pathways involved in the rapidly advancing field of cancer biology.
