Introduction to the cellular and molecular biology of cancer

This collection of papers arose out of the needs of graduate students and research workers in highly specialised fields who had relatively little general knowledge of cancer. The introduction describes the pathology and natural history of the disease, with special reference to leukemia. Further chapters discuss susceptibility to the disease, cell behaviour (radiosensitivity, cell cycling, development of drug resistance etc), chemical and radiation carcinogenesis, the role of growth factors and hormones in cancer, diagnosis and local treatment, the role of monoclonal antibodies, and general epidemiology and risk factors. General glossary and further reading lists. (U.K.)