Academic Press Advances in Cancer Research: 81: Volume 81

Product Description Advances in Cancer Research provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. Here, once again, outstanding and original reviews are presented on a variety of topics, including platelet-derived growth factor in disease, genetic predisposition in tumor development, primary effusion lymphoma, and many more. Cancer is not one disease, but a group of diseases in which malignant cells grow out of control and spread to other parts of the body. Eventually these cells form a visible mass or tumor. Appropriate treatment for cancer depends on what kind of cancer a person has. The type of cancer is determined by the organ the cancer starts in, the kind of cell from which it is derived, and the appearance of the cancer cells. Review "This classic and essential series presents critical overviews on select aspects of both cancer research and the basic underlyig sciences." --AMERICAn SCIENTIST "Excellent, highly informative, in-depth reviews...expertly written, up-to-date, and well-referenced." --JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY From the Back Cover Advances in Cancer Research provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. Here, once again, outstanding and original reviews are presented and include: A Decade of Progress in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: 1900-2000 *A Role for Secondary V(D)J Recombination in Oncogenic Chromosomal Translocations? *Recombinant Immunotoxins in Targeted Cancer Cell Therapy *Human Herpesvirus-8 and Kaposi's Sarcoma: Relationship with the Multistep Concept of Tumorigenesis *Reactivation and Role of HHV-8 in Kaposi's Sarcoma Initiation