Cancer Genetics (The Biology of Cancer)

Cancer Genetics demonstrates how cancer cells differ from normal cells in structure and function. It examines specific cancer-related genes, such as oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, and discusses inherited syndromes that are associated with cancer, including certain forms of breast cancer. New research into the human genome and the possibility that particular genes confer a susceptibility to cancer are some of the other intriguing topics examined in this book. An introduction to cancer genetics, with a look at how cancer genes were discovered, chromosomal abnormalitites and cancer, and inherited genes that can cause cancer