Contains papers and discussion from the June 1995 symposium, covering oncogene and tumor suppressor gene function, transcription regulation, cell cycle progression regulation and apoptosis, and clinical implications of oncogene function and regulation for prevention and therapy of cancer. Other subj

The seventh Annual Pezcoller Symposium entitled, Cancer Genes: Functional As- pects, was held in Trento, Italy, June 14-16, 1995 and was focused on oncogenes func- tion, tumor suppressor gene function, transcription regulation, cell cycle progression regulation and apoptosis, and the clinical implications of oncogene function and regula- tion for prevention and therapy of cancer. With presentations at the cutting edge of pro- gress and stimulating discussions, this Symposium addressed issues related to the mechanisms of control of cell growth and death by certain genes such as c-myc, src,...