Introduction—The Biology and Pathology of Squamous Cell Carcinomata in the Head and Neck
Author(s)
Johnson, NW
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2017
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A very wide range of homeostatic processes are disturbed in cancer. These are visible at patient, lesion, tissue and cellular levels and are increasingly understood at a molecular level, providing many opportunities to research molecular therapeutic targets. This chapter introduces and contextualises most of the processes currently understood as of importance to the biology of cancer: many of these understandings are comparatively new; some are speculative. It is upon such speculations and the application of scientific method that progress in cancer prevention and management depend.A very wide range of homeostatic processes are disturbed in cancer. These are visible at patient, lesion, tissue and cellular levels and are increasingly understood at a molecular level, providing many opportunities to research molecular therapeutic targets. This chapter introduces and contextualises most of the processes currently understood as of importance to the biology of cancer: many of these understandings are comparatively new; some are speculative. It is upon such speculations and the application of scientific method that progress in cancer prevention and management depend.
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Book Title
Squamous cell Carcinoma: Molecular Therapeutic Targets
Subject
Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified