Description:
Apoptosis, the process of deliberate cell death within a multi-cellular organism, has been linked to both the development and the demise of cancer causing cells. Vast research has been conducted on combating cancer cells through apoptosis in radiation and chemotherapy, however, apoptosis plays only a limited role in determining the success of cancer therapy. This realization has been the catalyst necessary to examine alternative mechanisms for the anti-proliferative action of anticancer agents, as well as moving forward in the complete eradication of cancer. The goal of Beyond Apoptosis: Cellular Outcomes of Cancer Therapy is to examine the relative contribution of apoptosis, and to acquaint the readers with new concepts in non-apoptotic cell death, senescence, and mitotic catastrophe.
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