The genetics of cancer : genes associated with cancer invasion, metastasis, and cell proliferation / G.V. Sherbet and M.S. Lakshmi.

San Diego : Academic Press, [1997], ©1997.

xvii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Copy 1 Donor: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Clonal evolution of the metastatic phenotype -- Inefficiency of the metastatic process -- Tumour growth and metastatic potential -- Cell cycle regulation and pathogenesis of cancer -- Apoptosis in tumour growth and metastasis -- Angiogenesis in cancer -- Cell surface glycoproteins and their receptors -- Proteinases and their inhibitors in cancer invasion -- Oncogenes and cancer metastasis -- Developmental genes and their putative suppressor function -- Tumour suppressor genes -- Metastasis suppressor genes -- Dominant metastasis-associated genes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-326) and index.