Cancer Genomics
Subtitle: Molecular Classification, Prognosis and Response Prediction
Publisher: Springer
Published: Mar 02, 2013
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 594
ISBN-13: 9789400758414
Description: The combination of molecular biology, engineering and bioinformatics has revolutionized our understanding of cancer revealing a tight correlation of the molecular characteristics of the primary tumor in terms of gene expression, structural alterations of the genome, epigenetics and mutations with  its propensity to metastasize and to respond to therapy. It is not just one or a few genes, it is the complex alteration of the genome that determines cancer development and progression. Future management of cancer patients will therefore rely on thorough molecular analyses of each single case. Through this book, students, researchers and oncologists will obtain a comprehensive picture of what the first  ten years of cancer genomics have revealed. Experts in the field describe, cancer by cancer, the progress made and its implications for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer. The deep impact on the clinics and the challenge for future translational research become evident.
Notes: Source title: Cancer Genomics: Molecular Classification, Prognosis and Response Prediction