Assessment of Cell Proliferation in Clinical Practice

Contents: Regulation of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle.- Growth Factors, Oncogenes and Tumour Suppressor Genes.- The Kinetic Organisation of Tissues.- Basic Methods for Assessing Cellular Proliferation.- Mitosis Counting.- Flow Cytometry.- Measurement of Cell Proliferation Using Bromodeoxyuridine.- The Application of ImmunohistoChemistry in Assessment of Cellular Proliferation.- Nucleolar Organiser Regions.- Clinical Aspects of Assessing Cell Proliferation.- Cell Proliferation and the Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy.- Subject Index.