Understanding Cancer (Record no. 29428)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-3-030-97392-6 |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-3-030-97393-3 (eBook) |
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| Transcribing agency | ddc |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Fuller form of name | David Tarin |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Understanding Cancer |
| Remainder of title | The Molecular Mechanisms, Biology, Pathology and Clinical Implications of Malignant Neoplasia. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | University of California, San Diego San Diego, CA, USA | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Springer Nature Switzerland AG | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 332 Pages |
| Extent | Includes References and Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | This book provides a unique, wide-ranging description of the phenomenon of cancer and its pathological effects in diverse species including humans, domesticated and wild animals, invertebrates, and plants. The broad scope of information presented is used to construct radical new insights into biological self-regulation and explain their relevance to its disruption by cancerous growth and spread within the human body.<br/><br/>Mechanisms of action of carcinogenic agents, initiation, progression, metastasis, inappropriate gene expression, dormancy, latency, regression, and reasons for susceptibility and/or resistance to cancer are all considered. Also discussed are criteria for pathological diagnosis, advances in treatment, implications for public health, and pitfalls in diagnosis and interpretation of experimental results.<br/><br/>The book describes operational mechanisms of cancer at the levels of whole individual, organ, tissue, cell, molecular, and even atomic (quantum) scales of structural and physiological order. Evidence is assembled from all these levels of organization to show that cancer is a dynamically changing disorder and that it is an inherent and perpetual risk of multicellular composition. This provides pragmatic new biological and clinical perspectives on malignant neoplasia. The biological insight is that it is a consequence of progressing miscommunication within a cellular society.The clinical perspective is realistic but optimistic in reasoning that, although cancer can never be completely eradicated from human life, because it is a disorder of our intrinsic biological constitution, it can be controlled and ameliorated and even cured in a proportion of individuals.The text is profusely illustrated with over 300 macroscopic and microscopic pictures. It will stimulate curiosity and interest specialists, as well as beginners, in many scientific disciplines and provides copious references to the medical and scientific literature supporting its conclusions.Readers from fields as diverse as medicine, pathology, veterinary sciences, cell biology, molecular biology, developmental biology, and epidemiology will find the information the book contains thought-provoking, interesting, and useful. Additionally, specialists in occupational and environmental health and legal experts focusing on exposure to carcinogenic materials and pollution will find the contents valuable and informative. |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| General subdivision | Cancer, Diagnosis, Medical / Clinical Medicine, Medical / General, Medical / Oncology / General, Oncology. |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href=" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97393-3 "> https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97393-3 </a> |
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| MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | 10/29/2024 | 20241029154109.0 | 10/29/2024 | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97393-3 | 10/29/2024 | E-BOOKS |