Acknowledgments

The author thanks Dr. Sandra O. Gollnick, Professor Emeritus, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, for help with selecting the topics to write about and critical reviews of the editorial advice for accuracy and clarity. Thanks are also owed to various other colleagues at Roswell Park who occasionally contributed suggestions to write about and provided insights into the potential uses of this content. Ms. Judith G. Epstein helped proofread the final version.

The author is grateful to the external peer reviewers, Dr. Joanna Downer, Associate Dean for Research Development, Duke University School of Medicine, and Dr. Barbara Gastel, Professor, Texas A&M University, for their constructive reviews of this e-book.

Lastly, the author thanks Ms. Allison Brown, Digital Publishing Services Manager, Charlie Wilson, and others at Milne Open Textbooks, State University of New York (SUNY) at Geneseo, for their assistance with navigating the publication process and assembling the final product.

The Scientific Editing and Research Communications Core (SERCC) is an institutionally funded shared resource that receives support from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and National Cancer Institute grant P30CA016056, as well as the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation.