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Neoplasms: Principles of Development and Diversity

Author(s): Jules J. Berman, PhD, MD
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763755706
  • Paperback    429 pages      © 2009
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Overview

This unique text is devoted to the full range of neoplastic properties exhibited by the comprehensive collection of human neoplasms. Like no other book of it's kind, it approaches cancer biology by surveying the diversity of neoplasms and by building a classification of neoplasms based on an understanding of the cellular options for tumor development. By grouping neoplasms into a comprehensive classification, we can develop class-specific methods to prevent, detect, and treat cancers.  The book is divided into three broad units: speciation, classification and eradication.   In the process of developing a classification for neoplasms, dozens of the fundamental questions in neoplastic development are asked and answered.  Neoplasms provides readers with a fascinating and enjoyable way to learn the otherwise arcane and dense subject of human tumor diversity.

 

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Part I: Speciation

Chapter 1. What Properties Are Shared by All Cancers?

Chapter 2. Carcinogenesis

Chapter 3. The Mystery of Tumor Diversity and of Type-Specific Tumor Uniformity

Chapter 4. The Range of Neoplastic Phenotypes

Chapter 5. What Can We Learn About Human Neoplasms by Studying Animals, Plants, Fish, and Insects?

Part II. Classification

Chapter 6. What Does Classification of All Animals Tell Us About the Classification of All Neoplasms?

Chapter 7. Classification of Neoplasms

Chapter 8. Classification by Morphology (What the Tumor Looks Like)

Chapter 9. Classification by Cause

Chapter 10. Classification by Topography (Where the Tumor Is Located)

Chapter 12. Classification by Function and Common Pathways

Chapter 13. Molecular Classification of Neoplasms

Chapter 14. Classification by Developmental Lineage Is Best

Chapter 15. The Six Major Classes of Neoplasms

Chapter 16. Ectodermal and Endodermal Neoplasms

Chapter 17. Mesodermal Neoplasms

Chapter 18. Tumors of Neuroectoderm (Central Nervous System)

Chapter 19. Neural Crest Neoplasms

Chapter 20. Neoplasms of Class Germ Cell and Class Trophectoderm

Chapter 21. Specialized Cancer Nomenclatures and the Developmental Lineage Classification and Taxonomy of Neoplasms

Chapter 22. Cancer Ontologies

 

Part III. Cancer Research and the End of Neoplasms

 

Chapter 23. Class-Dependent Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment

Chapter 24. Finding Neoplasms: Suggestions for Cancer Researchers

Chapter 25. Principles

 


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Jules J. Berman, PhD, MD

Jules Berman received his bachelor's degrees in Mathematics and Earth and Planetary Sciences from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his Ph.D. from Temple University, and his M.D. from the University of Miami.  He received post-doctoral training in the Laboratory of Experimental Pathology in the National Cancer Institute, at NIH.  He received residency training at the George Washington University Medical Center and is board certified in anatomic pathology and in cytopathology.  He served as the chief of anatomic pathology at the VA Hospital in Baltimore where he held adjunct appointments at Johns Hopkins Medical Center and the University of Maryland Medical Center.  From 1998 to 2005 he was program director for Pathology Informatics in the Cancer Diagnosis Program at the National Cancer Institute.  Jules Berman has first-authored more than 100 publications.  He is now a free-lance author and the past President of the Association for Pathology Informatics.

 

 

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This book is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students studying the molecular and cellular biology of cancer, special topics courses dealing with cancer and cancer related issues, medical students who are seeking supplemental material for a general course in pathology, postdoctoral fellows working in the field of cancer research. pathology residents, and oncology residents.

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