Prelims -- Drosophila model in cancer: an introduction -- Using Drosophila models and tools to understand the mechanisms of novel human cancer driver gene function -- The initial stage of tumorigenesis in Drosophila epithelial tissuesi -- Drosophila models of cell polarity and cell competition in tumourigenesis -- Two sides of the same coin - compensatory proliferation in regeneration and cancer -- P53 and apoptosis in the Drosophila model -- Autophagy and tumorigenesis in Drosophila -- Filling the gaps among obesity, the CDK8 module, and uterine tumors using Drosophila -- MicroRNAs in Drosophila cancer models -- Cancer Stem Cells and Stem Cell Tumors in Drosophila -- Drosophila as a model for tumor-induced organ wasting -- Drosophila melanogaster as a model system for human glioblastomas -- What Drosophila Can Teach Us About Radiation Biology of Human Cancers -- Drosophila based cancer drug discovery frameworkIn -- Index.