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- Discusses 'cell origin' versus 'plasticity' hypothesis in cancer
- Explores how to use mouse models in cancer research
- Provides a unique perspective by merging physiology and system biology view of breast cancer
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Cancer Research (BRIEFSCANCER)
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Dept Cancer & DNA Damage Response, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, USA
David H. Nguyen
About the author
David H. Nguyen, Ph.D., received the Department of Defense Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Breast Cancer Research while conducting doctoral research at the University of California-Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He then did post-doctoral research jointly between New York University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is a lecturer for the Integrated Science Program that is part of Southern California University of Health Sciences. He is also the founding editor-in-chief of Cancer InCytes Magazine. His research interests are the hormonal, immune, and epigenetic mechanisms behind why childhood trauma correlates with an increased risk of cancer during adulthood.Â
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Systems Biology of Tumor Physiology
Book Subtitle: Rethinking the Past, Defining the Future
Authors: David H. Nguyen
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Cancer Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25601-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-25599-6Published: 18 December 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-25601-6Published: 11 December 2015
Series ISSN: 2194-1173
Series E-ISSN: 2194-1181
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 56
Topics: Cancer Research, Systems Biology, Cell Physiology