Introduction to the Cellular and Molecular Biology of Cancer

Margaret Knowles is Professor of Experimental Cancer Research at the University of Leeds, and Associate Director of the Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, also in Leeds. Peter Selby is Professor of Cancer Medicine and Director of the National Cancer Research Network at the University of Leeds.

1. What is cancer? ; 2. The causes of cancer ; 3. Inherited susceptibility to cancer ; 4. DNA repair and cancer ; 5. Epigenetic events in cancer ; 6. Molecular cytogenetics of cancer ; 7. Oncogenes ; 8. Tumour suppressor genes ; 9. The cancer cell cycle ; 10. Cellular immortalization and telomerase activation in cancer ; 11. Growth factors and their signalling pathways in cancer ; 12. Apoptosis: molecular physiology and significance for cancer therapeutics ; 13. Mechanisms of viral carcinogenesis ; 14. Cytokines and cancer ; 15. Hormones and cancer ; 16. The spread of tumours ; 17. Angiogenesis ; 18. Stem cells, heamopoiesis, and leukaemia ; 19. Animal models of cancer ; 20. The immunology of cancer ; 21. The molecular pathology of cancer ; 22. From transcriptome to proteome ; 23. Local treatment of cancer ; 24. Chemotherapy ; 25. Radiotherapy and molecular radiotherapy ; 26. Monoclonal antibodies and therapy ; 27. Immunotherapy of cancer ; 28. Cancer gene therapy ; 29. Screening ; 30. Conclusions and prospects