Dynamics of cancer
Subtitle: incidence, inheritance, and evolution
By: Steven A. Frank.
Series: Princeton series in evolutionary biology
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691133652; 9780691133669
Subjects: Carcinogenesis; Cancer -- Age factors; Cancer -- Genetic aspects; Cancer -- Epidemiology; Neoplasms -- etiology; Age of Onset; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Mutagenesis; Stem Cells
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Age of cancer incidence; title: Multistage progression; title: History of theories; title: Progression dynamics; title: Theory I; title: Theory II; title: Genetics of progression; title: Carcinogens; title: Aging; title: Inheritance; title: Stem cells : tissue renewal; title: Stem cells : population genetics; title: Cell lineage history.