Product Description
The Biology of Cancer is a new textbook for undergraduate and graduate biology students as well as medical students studying the molecular and cellular bases of cancer. The book presents the principles of cancer biology in an organized, cogent, and in-depth manner. The clarity of writing and the lucid full-color art program make the book accessible and engaging. The information unfolds through the presentation of key experiments which give readers a sense of discovery and provides insights into the conceptual foundation underlying modern cancer biology. The Biology of Cancer synthesizes the findings of three decades of recent cancer research and proposes a conceptual framework from which to teach about these discoveries. It provides the necessary structure, organization, and content for a course on cancer biology for advanced undergraduates and beginning doctoral students. The book is comprehensive and offers many pedagogical features to assist teaching and learning. The book includes many recent and topical references, and is intended to empower the student to move directly into the primary research literature.The text is up-to-date and provides current information on topics such as tumor stem cells and recently introduced chemotherapeutics. State-of-the-art techniques are discussed throughout. Modern biomedical research is explored, helping readers to hone their analytical abilities and to assimilate and think clearly about complex biological processes. The Biology of Cancer provides insights into many aspects of immunology, developmental biology, and neurobiology. The exceptional full-color art program contains many images published for the first time. The book is extensively illustrated with schematic drawings, micrographs, computer-generated models and graphs. The pieces were chosen to support and clarify the concepts, as well as to supply additional interest.Besides its value as a textbook, The Biology of Cancer will be a useful reference for individuals working in biomedical laboratories, and for clinical professionals.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 30 reviews)

Best Cancer Biology Textbook on the Market by Alan H. Shain (Palo Alto)

5 Stars
August 19, 2009
I am a cancer biology graduate student. During my first year in graduate school, I was looking for a general resource which summarized the big picture behind the basic science of cancer research. Cancer Biology is an integrated field. While there are many molecular biology, biochemistry, developmental biology, et cetera textbooks on the market, most of these books only tangentially relate to cancer. This book was recommended by several faculty. I read the entire text cover to cover including every figure and caption. My knowledge base is extraordinarily well-founded, and I would recommend this to anyone interested in basic cancer research. If you are more interested in clinical cancer research, I would not recommend this book although it touches on several of the high points from the clinical field.

Great book by T. Zhu

5 Stars
February 25, 2009
Fantastic cancer book. Good for undergraduates and graduates. It is written in a historical sense. It tells you how science is been done.

a classic book by touchpiano (TN)

5 Stars
September 15, 2008
it is a very good book not only for biologically majored post-graduate students, but also useful to area related with biology or who wants to get profound knowledge on cancer. Highly recommend to people who are working on cancer-related area.

Improving Brazilian research by Aline Martins

5 Stars
July 31, 2008
In 2006 Holiday season, I receive this book as a Christma's gift. It truly was a hallmark on my cancer research. Until nowadays we search as references the experiments and experiences united on this remarkable book. My passion and hunger on dig in all contents was like a contagious fever in my lab. All researchers acquired one issue and the one's that hasn't yet, are willing to do so. By that, Dr. Weinberg and his work became a reference in the Northeast labs in Brazil, and my personal hero. For me, a PhD student struggling to improve my skills and knowledge, it was a perfect gift from Saint Claus! My regards to all scientists that pursuit these challenging area, on Molecular Biology of cancer. Aline Martins, Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil.

Biology of Cancer by Marius Schmidt (milwaukee)

5 Stars
July 28, 2008
In the last 2 decades research on signaling pathways in normal and cancer cells exploded. An enormous number of publications are available and it is impossible for the non -expert to keep track. This book has long been overdue, since it lifts the educated non-expert to the state of the art. It does it by wonderfully describing the chain of knowledge generation from the discovery of important genes to the actual functional, molecular signaling pathways. This book describes results from Drosophila genetics, yeast genetics, mouse and human genetics, virology and immunology which are combined to explain how cancer can develop and how it can be effectively cured. The discovery of all the major players in cancer, oncogenes, proto-oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes and genes for apoptosis as well as the function of their gene products are described. After one reads this book, one is able to effectively and productively participate in research on cancer. This book is nothing for novices in molecular biology. Profound knowledge in basic molecular biology as well as in the interpretation of 3-D structures of proteins is required. However, for the educated non-expert in cancer biology, this book is priceless.

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