Tumor Suppressor Genes in Human Cancer

1 Animal Models for Tumor Suppressor Genes.- 2 Viral Oncoproteins as Probes for Tumor Suppressor Function.- 3 Tumor Suppressors in Metastasis.- 4 Apoptosis: Machinery of Cell Death in Development and Cancer.- 5 Drug Discovery in Oncology.- 6 Retinoblastoma Protein in Growth Control and Differentiation.- 7 p53 Tumor Suppressor Protein.- 8 p16 Tumor Suppressor.- 9 DNA Mismatch Repair in Tumor Suppression.- 10 PTEN: Regulator of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Signal Transduction.- 11 Neurofibromatoses.- 12 Von Hippel-Lindau Disease: Clinical and Molecular Aspects.- 13 Wilms’ Tumor: A Developmental Anomaly.- 14 Fanconi Anemia Pathway and Cancer Susceptibility.

"...brings together a panel of experts in the field of cancer biology, with almost half of the authors from Harvard Medical School. ...describes he role of tumor suppressor genes in human cancer. It details a current view of these important genes and highlights clinically relevant aspects of the strides made in the field of tumor suppressor biology. ...The book is well organized with most chapters having figures and tables to clarify the points made in the text. It is well referenced....This book provides readable, yet thorough, coverage of the field of tumor suppressor biology." -Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal