Curable Cancer (gnv64)

Curable Cancer
By A.N.Bhisey
CSIR | March 1995 | 112 pages | ISBN: 81-7236-104-1 | PDF | 9.67 mb

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Significant milestones have been crossed in cancer research. From being a term coined by the Greeks in fanciful recognition of its crab-like movements in the body, cancer is today recognized as a condition of extreme cellular anarchy. Relentless research into the hows and whys of carcinogenesis has resulted in an awe-some arsenal of medical weapons against cancer. Survival rates for a dis-ease, once considered synonymous with certain death, have risen sharply over the last few decades.This lucidly written and profusely illustrated book tells us how cellular control mechanisms break down in cells which then become rebellious. It highlights the fact that many cancers may be prevented by sensible lifestyle choices and that, thanks to modern medicine, yet others are Curable Cancers.

About the Author
Dr Avinash N.Bhisey (b.1938) did his Ph.D. in Applied Biology from Bombay University in 1966. As a Wellcome Trust Fellow, he worked at the Chester Beatty Research Institute, London and later as Research Associate in the Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, USA. Dr Bhisey is the Head of the Cell Biology Division of the Cancer Research In-stitute in Bombay. His research interests are cancer cytogenetics and regulation of cytoskeletal interactions in normal and cancer cells. He is a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and former Vice-President of the Asia-Pacific Organisation of the Cell Biology.
Dr Bhisey has published over 70 papers in na-tional and international journals, organised several workshops and participated in many international conferences. This is his maiden effort at popular sci-ence writing.

Contents
What, why and how... 1
Cause and effect... 15
Clues to cancer... 34
Split identity... 51
Compounding crisis... 61
Licensed to kill... 69
Tomorrow's therapies... 94
Glossary... 111