Origin of cancers
Subtitle: clinical perspectives and implications of a stem-cell theory of cancer
By: Shi-Ming Tu
Series: Cancer treatment and research -- v. 154; Cancer treatment and research -- v. 154.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781441959676; 9781441959683
Subjects: Etiology; Neoplasms; Cancer; Stem cells
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cancer myths.; title: History of cancer.; title: Origin of cancer.; title: Stem cells.; title: Stem cells and cancer.; title: Cancer stem cells.; title: Cancer Niche.; title: Ontogeny and oncology.; title: Diagnosis and prognosis.; title: Cancer targets.; title: Heterogeneity of cancer.; title: Metastasis.; title: Cancer immunity.; title: Drug resistance.; title: Paradigm shifts.; title: Experimental proof.; title: Clinical implications.; title: Curing cancer.; title: Epilogue.