Cancer the Evolutionary legacy

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

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In this fascinating and highly readable new book, Mel Greaves shows how the origins of cancer are inextricably linked with our evolutionary heritage, and considers the implications of this theory for future research and treatment.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2001-09-27
Mått156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt451 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
Upplaga1
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780192628343
UtmärkelserBMA Medical Book Competition 2001, awarded Highly Commended in the Popular Medicine category

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Onkologi inom Medicin
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Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Populärvetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Preface ; PART I: CANCER - ANCIENT LEGACIES AND MODERN MYTHS ; 1. Perplexed? You should be ; 2. The King of Naples and other silent witnesses ; 3. Questions and answers ; PART II: EVOLVING CANCER ; 4. Clones, clones, clones ; 5. The way we are: risk and restraints ; 6. How cancer cells play the winning game ; 7. Green-eyed mutations? ; 8. Blind chance - and ultimate extinction? ; PART III: PARADOXES OF PROGRESS: INDECENT EXPOSURES ; 9. Is cancer an evolutionary inevitability? ; 10. And then you set fire to it? ; 11. Women's troubles ; 12. Men's troubles ; 13. Cancer a deux ; 14. Other ways of getting bugged ; 15. Travelling light ; 16. Dying for a living ; 17. Collateral damage ; 18. Finale: compounding risk with bad luck ; PART IV: FINESSING THE CLONE ; 19. Treatment: the blind marksman ; 20. Epilogue: cancer in the 21st century ; Index