Chromosomal Translocations and Genome Rearrangements in Cancer /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rowley, Janet D. (Editor), Le Beau, Michelle M. (Editor), Rabbitts, Terence H. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Introduction
  • A short history of chromosome rearrangements and gene fusions in cancer
  • Part II General
  • Molecular genetics methods in discovery of chromosome structure
  • Mechanism of recurrent chromosomal translocations
  • Chromosome translocations, cancer initiation and clonal evolution
  • Chromosomal fragile sites and cancer
  • Copy number changes in carcinomas: applications
  • Part III LEUKAEMIA/LYMPHOMA
  • Chronic myeloid leukaemia
  • Immunoglobulin and MYC rearrangements in multiple myeloma pathogenesis
  • Genetic alterations in B cell lymphoma
  • Chromosomal translocations and gene rearrangements in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
  • Cellular and molecular basis of MLL leukaemias: from transformation mechanisms to novel therapeutic strategies
  • Acute promyelocytic leukaemia: from a specific translocation to cure by targeted therapies
  • Chromosome Abnormalities in AML and their clinical importance
  • PART IV SARCOMAS
  • Fusion Oncogenes of Sarcomas
  • Translocations in Ewing Sarcoma
  • PART V EPITHELIAL TUMOURS
  • RET and thyroid carcinomas
  • Gene fusions in prostate cancer
  • Chromosomal Translocations in Lung Cancer
  • Colon & Ovarian translocations
  • PART VI OTHER ASPECTS
  • Pre-clinical modeling of chromosomal translocations and inversions
  • Protein complex hierarchy & translocation gene products
  • Aberrant transcriptional programming in blood cancers
  • Index.