The only book to attempt any perspective on methods of assessing cell proliferation is published to satisfy the growing interest amongst pathologists and clinicians in areas which have for more than three decades been the preserve of experimental biologists

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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.