Book Review

Comprehensive Insect Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology. Volume 3. Integument, Respiration and Circulation: G. A. Kerkut and L. I. Gilbert. (Eds)     

Proposed follow up programme after curative resection for lower third oesophageal cancer

Cyclins are indispensable elements of the cell cycle and derangement of their function can lead to cancer formation. Recent studies have also revealed more mechanisms through which cyclins can express their oncogenic potential. This review focuses on the aberrant expression of G1/S cyclins and especially cyclin D and cyclin E; the pathways through which they lead to tumour formation and their involvement in different types of cancer. These elements indicate the mechanisms that could act as targets for cancer therapy.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Lepidoptera–annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. J. S. Dugdale, Fauna of New Zealand, Number 14 , 1988. Pp 262, 181 figures. NZ$49.95. Nepticulidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Hans Donner and Christopher Wilkinson, Fauna of New Zealand, Number 16 , 1989. Pp 88, 102 figures, 27 maps.