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An Introduction to Molecular Biology for the Neuro-Oncologist

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Biological Aspects of Brain Tumors

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There is now overwhelming evidence that cancer is a genetic disease resulting from alterations in DNA. Over the past decade, advances in molecular biology and recombinant DNA technology have permitted us to make great strides in the understanding of cancer. The powerful genetic tools provided by these experimental approaches have made it possible to identify chemical and biological alterations that occur during the transformation of normal cells to malignant ones, and to catalogue the cellular changes resulting from these alterations. Molecular approaches to the pathologic classification of tumors should soon provide a rational basis upon which novel therapeutic possibilities can be examined.

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  1. Preuss Laboratory for Molecular Neuro-Oncology, Brain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94122, USA

    Mark A. Israel

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima, Saga, 849, Japan

    Kazuo Tabuchi M. D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Israel, M.A. (1991). An Introduction to Molecular Biology for the Neuro-Oncologist. In: Tabuchi, K. (eds) Biological Aspects of Brain Tumors. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68150-2_1

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