Current concepts in cancer research
- Author:
Ivan Kok Seng Yap
;
Ammu Kutty Radhakrishnan
;
Chee Onn Leong
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
cancer biology, signal transduction, epigenetics, cancer stem cell
- From:International e-Journal of Science, Medicine and Education
2013;7(supp1):S19-31
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Cancer research is an extremely broad
topic covering many scientific disciplines including
biology (e.g. biochemistry and signal transduction),
chemistry (e.g. drug discover and development),
physics (e.g. diagnostic devices) and even computer
science (e.g. bioinformatics). Some would argue that
cancer research will continue in much the same way
as it is by adding further layers of complexity to the
scientific knowledge that is already complex and almost
beyond measure. But we anticipate that cancer research
will undergo a dramatic paradigm shift due to the
recent explosion of new discoveries in cancer biology.
This review article focuses on the latest horizons in
cancer research concerning cancer epigenetics, cancer
stem cells, cancer immunology and cancer metabolism.
- Full text:W020151005531301670118.pdf
