Overview
- The world’s top experts describe systems approaches to cancer research and application
- Is uniquely organized to unify all aspects from laboratory to clinic
- Demonstrates how systems approaches build upon and greatly extend and unify current research practices
- Demonstrates that cancer systems approaches form a unified field that has already produced major applications
- A full range of subjects is covered, spanning laboratory, clinical and medical approaches
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Introduction and Background
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Laboratory, Clinical, Data and Educational Resources
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Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Analysis
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Diagnosis, Clinical and Treatment Applications
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About this book
This teaching monograph on systems approaches to cancer research and clinical applications provides a unique synthesis, by world-class scientists and doctors, of laboratory, computational, and clinical methods, thereby establishing the foundations for major advances not possible with current methods. Specifically, the book: 1) Sets the stage by describing the basis of systems biology and bioinformatics approaches, and the clinical background of cancer in a systems context; 2) Summarizes the laboratory, clinical, data systems analysis and bioinformatics tools, along with infrastructure and resources required; 3) Demonstrates the application of these tools to cancer research; 4) Extends these tools and methods to clinical diagnosis, drug development and treatment applications; and 5) Finishes by exploring longer term perspectives and providing conclusions. This book reviews the state-of-the-art, and goes beyond into new applications. It is written and highly referenced as a textbook and practical guide aimed at students, academics, doctors, clinicians, industrialists and managers in cancer research and therapeutic applications. Ideally, it will set the stage for integration of available knowledge to optimize communication between basic and clinical researchers involved in the ultimate fight against cancer, whatever the field of specific interest, whatever the area of activity within translational research.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cancer Systems Biology, Bioinformatics and Medicine
Book Subtitle: Research and Clinical Applications
Editors: Alfredo Cesario, Frederick Marcus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1567-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-1566-0Published: 21 August 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8365-1Published: 17 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-1567-7Published: 21 August 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 484
Topics: Cancer Research, Systems Biology, Oncology, Medical Microbiology, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics