Genes and the biology of cancer / Harold Varmus, Robert A. Weinberg.

New York : Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman and Co., [1993], ©1993.

vii, 214 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

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

Genes, cells and complex organisms -- The nature of cancer -- Clues to the origin of cancer -- The genetic elements governing cancer proto-oncogenes -- The genetic elements governing cancer tumor suppressor genes -- Distortion of growth control in cancer cells -- Multistep carcinogenesis -- Cancer genes in the clinic.