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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784919803321

Titolo

Cancer cytogenetics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sverre Heim, Felix Mitelman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009

ISBN

1-283-91546-4

1-118-01013-2

0-470-93049-7

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (752 p.)

Classificazione

XH 1800

Altri autori (Persone)

HeimSverre

MitelmanFelix

Disciplina

616.99/4042

Soggetti

Cancer - Genetic aspects

Cytogenetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A new approach to an old problem / Sverre Heim and Felix Mitelman -- Cytogenetic methods / David Gisselsson -- Cytogenetic nomenclature / Sverre Heim and Felix Mitelman -- Nonrandom chromosome abnormalities in cancer : an overview / Sverre Heim and Felix Mitelman -- Acute myeloid leukemia / Bertil Johansson and Christine J. Harrison -- Myelodysplastic syndromes / Harold J. Olney and Michelle M. Le Beau -- Chronic myeloid leukemia / Thoas Fioretos and Bertil Johansson -- Chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms / Peter Vandenberghe, Lucienne Michaux, and Anne Hagemeijer -- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia / Christine J. Harrison and Bertil Johansson -- Mature B- and T-cell neoplasms and Hodgkin lymphoma / Reiner Siebert -- Tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract / Mihaela Avramut and Susanne M. Gollin -- Tumors of the lung / Penny Nymark, Eeva Kettunen, and Sakari Knuutila -- Tumors of the digestive tract / Georgia Bardi and Sverre Heim -- Tumors of the urinary tract / Paola Dal Cin and Azra H. Ligon -- Tumors of the breast / Manuel R. Teixeira, Nikos Pandis, and Sverre Heim -- Tumors of the female genital organs / Francesca Micci and Sverre Heim -- Tumors of the male genital organs / Manuel R. Teixeira and Sverre Heim -- Tumors of



endocrine glands / Jörn Bullerdiek and David Gisselsson -- Tumors of the nervous system / Aaron M. Bender ... [et al.] -- Tumors of the eye / Karen Sisley -- Tumors of the skin / Fredrik Mertens and Sverre Heim -- Tumors of bone / Fredrik Mertens and Nils Mandahl -- Soft tissue tumors / Nils Mandahl and Fredrik Mertens.

Sommario/riassunto

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. Edited by two leading authorities, who are now aided by a panel of internatio