Cellular and Molecular Biology of Tumors and Potential Clinical Applications Proceedings

Partial table of contents: ONCOGENE ACTIVATION AND AMPLIFICATION. Somatic Events Unmask Recessive Cancer Genes to Initiate Malignancy (B. Gallie & R. Worton). Oncogene Amplification and Chromosomal Abnormalities in Small Cell Lung Cancer (J. Ibson, et al.). ONCOGENE PRODUCTS AND FUNCTIONS. Mutational Analysis of ras Processing and Function (D. Lowy, et al.). Role of the Proto-Oncogene fos during Growth and Differentiation (R. Mitchell, et al.). GROWTH FACTORS AND RECEPTORS. Virally Induced Hematopoietic Cell Transformation: Multistep Leukemogenesis and Growth-Factor-Independent Cell Proliferation (A. Oliff & S. Anderson). Workshop Summary: Growth Factors and Tumors (D. Givol). TUMOR PROGRESSION, METASTASIS, AND DRUG RESISTANCE. Multidrug Resistance in Human Cells: The Role of the mdrl Gene (I. Roninson, et al.). Tumor Progression and Resistance to Drug Therapy (A. Gazdar). CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF NEW CANCER BIOLOGY. Patterns of Proto-Oncogene Expression: A Tool to Subtype Histopathologically Similar Solid Tumors (C. Thiele, et al.). Workshop: Antibodies and Other Biological Response Modifiers as Preventive, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Agents (J. Mendelsohn). Index.Minna, John D. is the author of 'Cellular and Molecular Biology of Tumors and Potential Clinical Applications Proceedings' with ISBN 9780471608653 and ISBN 0471608653.