The new biology : cancer : the role of genes, lifestyle and environment / Joseph Panno.

Contents: 1. Common types of cancer - 2. Cancer cells - 3. The Road to Oncogenesis - 4. Cancer progressio - 5. Cancer therapies - 7. Cancer around the world - 7. Clinical trials - 8. Resource center

Presents the past, present, and future of cancer research from basic genetic and cellular mechanisms to the influence of lifestyle. Begins with a summary of common types of cancer and continues with an overview of the way cancer cells work and how researchers evolve a better understanding of the nature of the cells. A review of the successes and failures of treatments using high doses of chemotherapy or radiation therapy, the agonizing plight of the cancer survivors, and recent advances in the use of light-activated compounds, monoclonal antibodies, gene therapy, and stem cells, all of which provide powerful methods for dealing with this disease. In order to provide access to the inner world of normal and cancerous cells, the book illuminates broader implicatrions of researchers' recent findings that may lead to worldwide advances against AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, and infirmities that strike us as we grow old.