Chromosomal and Molecular Genetic Aberrations
of Tumor Cells
Third edition
edited by Sverre Heim
The preeminent book on cancer cytogenetics—now in a valuable new edition
Like its successful predecessors, Cancer Cytogenetics, Third edition continues to offer authoritative coverage of neoplastic processes at the chromosomal level of genomic organization.
Now updated and expanded, this new edition includes detailed information on the most recent advances in the field, incorporating a vast amount of new cytogenetic as well as molecular genetic data from the latest basic and clinical investigations.
This new edition has been updated to include:
- Greatly expanded coverage of solid tumors
- Enhanced coverage of acute and chronic myeloproliferative disorders
- The latest findings on acute and chronic lymphoproliferative disorders
Contents
- A New Approach to an Old Problem
- Cytogenetic Methods
- Cytogenetic Nomenclature
- Nonrandom Chromosome Abnormalities in Cancer - An Overview
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia
- Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- Chronic Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- Mature B- and T-Cell Neoplasms and Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Tumors of the Upper Aerodigestive tract
- Tumors of the Lung
- Tumors of the Digestive Tract
- Tumors of the Urinary Tract
- Tumors of the Breast
- Tumors of the Female Genital Organs
- Tumors of the Male Genital Organs
- Tumors of Endocrine Glands
- Tumors of the Nervous System
- Tumors of the Eye
- Tumors of the Skin
- Tumors of Bone
- Soft Tissue Tumors
Index