Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to cancer biology -- Epidemiology of cancer -- Methods of genetic analysis -- Genetic basis of cancer -- Viruses, oncogenes, and tumor suppressor genes -- Growth factors and intracellular signaling -- Cell proliferation and cell death -- Chemical and radiation carcinogenesis -- The extracellular environment and cancer -- Tumor progession and metastasis -- Immunology related to cancer -- Hormones and cancer -- Molecular and cellular basis of radiotherapy -- Experimental radiotherapy -- Cellular and molecular basis of chemotherapy -- Pharmacology of anticancer drugs -- Drug resistance and experimental chemotherapy -- Biological therapy of cancer -- Hyperthermia and phyotodynamic therapy -- Guide to studies of diagnostic tests, prognostic factors and treatments.