Pecorino: Molecular Biology of Cancer 2e
Web links
Chapter 1 - Introduction
American Cancer Society, Cancer Statistics 2007 www.cancer.org/docroot/stt/stt_0.asp
The Cancer Genome Anatomy Project homepage http://cgap.nci.nih.gov
The Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov/oc/gcp/education.html
Educational materials about good clinical practice and clinical trialsGlobocan 2002 www-dep.iarc.fr/
Chapter 3 - Regulation of gene expression
HDAC inhibitor in clinical trials www.methylgene.com
Nuclear Receptor Signaling Atlas www.nursa.org/
Chapter 4 - Growth factor signaling and oncogenes
Tarceva. Download 'How Tarceva works' www.tarceva.net/
Chapter 6 - Growth inhibition and tumor suppressor genes
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International Agency for Research on Cancer. Database of p53 mutations www-p53.iarc.fr/index.html
Chapter 7 - Apoptosis
Screens for caspase activators: Merck Frosst www.merckfrosst.ca
Chapter 8 - Stem cells and differentiation
Wnt homepage www.stanford.edu/~rnusse/wntwindow.html
Chapter 9 - Metastasis
The Angiogenesis Foundation www.angio.org/
Clinical trials www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials
Chapter 10 - Infections and inflammation
Gardasil, Merck www.merck.com/newsroom/press_releases/product/
UK Cervical Cancer Statistics http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/types/cervix/mortality/
Chapter 11 - Nutrients, hormones, and gene interactions
World Cancer Research Fund www.wcrf.org/
Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/digestpage/SELECT/allpages
Chapter 13 - Cancer in the future: focus on diagnostics and immunotherapy
Bioinformatics initiatives:
Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/
NCRI Informatics Initiative www.cancerinformatics.org.uk/Clinical trials:
National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov/Drugs:
US Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov/cder/cancer/druglistframe.htm
Listing of approved oncology drugs with approved indications


