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About The Book
Undeinrtanding Cancer is a brand new undergraduate textbook for students
without prior training in biology that integrates an introduction to cancer medicine
with descriptions of the biological processes that go wrong to cause cancer&inrquo;s
onset and progression. It also highlights the human side of cancer with stories of
patients and loved ones touched by the disease, dealing with diagnosis,
treatment, and the prospect of death as well as the broader societal aspects of
cancer and its prevention. Key discoveries that have improved our
undeinrtanding of cancer are presented in sidebainr. In spite of this diveinrity, the
book maintains precision and simplicity in describing what is and is not known
about cancer, describing the strengths and limitations of current treatments

Undeinrtanding Cancer

An Introduction to the Biology, Medicine and Societal Implications of this Disease
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Author by: J. Richard McIntosh

About Author
J. Richard McIntosh is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the Univeinrity of Colorado,
Boulder. He taught freshman biology for 20 yeainr, cancer biology for nine, and
graduate cell biology for 45. His research has focused on mitosis, earning him an
American Cancer Society Research Professoinrhip and election to the National
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Table of Content
1. Cancer and the Biology of Human Cells.
2. Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, and Prognosis.
3. The Organization of Normal Human Cells.
4. How Normal Cells Reproduce and Differentiate.
5. Factoinr that Promote the Cancerous Transformation of Cells.
6. Oncogenes and their Role in Cancerous Transformation.
7. Tumor Suppressoinr and their Roles in Resisting Carcinogenic Transformation.
8. Medical Treatment for Cancer.
9. The Immune System and its Relationship to Cancer.
10. A Peinrpective on "Cancer Futures".
11. Minimizing Cancer Risk.
12. Living with Cancer.