CANCER INVASION AND METASTASIS : BIOLOGIC MECHANISMS AND THERAPY
By: Edited by Stacey B. Day... [et al.].
Contributors: Day, Stacey B. 1927-; P. Stansly; S. Garattini; M.G. Lewis and Others
Series: Progress in Cancer Research and Therapy -- 5
Publisher: Raven Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Library Bound
Number of pages: 518
Subjects: Metastasis; Cancer; Neoplasms - Metastasis; Cancer Invasion; Tumor Spread
Genres: Cancer Research; Cancer Biology; Medicine - Cancer
Description: The major cause of death from cancer remains the disseminated and uncontrolled growth of tumor cells. In this work topics covered include basic factors in cellular invasion; the establishment and distribution of metastases; immunologic aspects of tumor immunity; current experimental approaches to metastasis control, and the treatment and prevention of metastatic disease.
Notes: This volume evolved from an International Interdisciplinary Workshop [in New York in December 1976].