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Essential Cell Biology 5th edition

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Contents

CANCER 718

Cancer Cells Proliferate Excessively and Migrate Inappropriately 718

Epidemiological Studies Identify Preventable Causes of Cancer 719

Cancers Develop by an Accumulation of Somatic Mutations 720

Cancer Cells Evolve, Acquiring an Increasing Competitive Advantage 721

Two Main Classes of Genes Are Critical for Cancer: Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes 723

Cancer-critical Mutations Cluster in a Few Fundamental Pathways 725

Colorectal Cancer Illustrates How Loss of a Tumor Suppressor Gene Can Lead to Cancer 726

An Understanding of Cancer Cell Biology Opens the Way to New Treatments 727

ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS 729

QUESTIONS 733

ANSWERS A:1

GLOSSARY G:1

INDEX I:1

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