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Main description:
Emerging technologies in target identification, drug discovery, molecular markers, and imaging are rapidly changing the face of cancer. This book provides a foundation of knowledge in targeted cancer therapeutics. The treatment of cancer is increasingly being individualized, based on an understanding of underlying biologic mechanisms. Poised to change the landscape in oncology, this volume provides a state-of-the-art overview. It will be valuable to practicing and academic physicians, fellows, residents and students, as well as basic scientists, interested in the cancer field.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Perspectives: Bench to Bedside and Back
Jennifer Wheler, MD and Razelle Kurzrock, MD, FACP
Chapter 2 Targeted Therapy in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Elihu Estey, MD
Chapter 3 Targeted Therapy in Breast Cancer
Barbara S. Craft, MD; Stacy Moulder, MD, MSCI
Chapter 4 Targeted Therapy in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Apostolia-Maria Tsimberidou, MD, PhD; Michael J. Keating, MD
Chapter 5 Targeted Therapy in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Elias Jabbour, MD; Jorge Cortes MD, Hagop Kantarjian, MD
Chapter 6 Targeted Therapy in Colorectal Cancer
Scott Kopetz, MD
Chapter 7 Targeted Therapy in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
David J. Stewart, MD, FRCPC
Chapter 8 Targeted Therapy in Lymphoma
Amanda Wedgwood, MSN; Anas Younes, MD
Chapter 9 Targeted Therapy in Melanoma
Michael Davies, MD, PhD; Sunil Patel, MD; Kevin B. Kim, MD
Chapter 10 Targeted Therapy in Multiple Myeloma
Yuhong Zhou, MD; Raymond Alexanian, MD; Michael Wang, MD
Chapter 11 Targeted Therapy in Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Alfonso Quintas-Cardama, MD; Hagop Kantarjian, MD;
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD; Jorge Cortes, MD
Chapter 12 Targeted Therapy in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Maurie Markman, MD
Chapter 13 Targeted Drug Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer
Don L. Gibbons, MD, PhD; Robert A. Wolff MD,
Gauri Varadhachary, MD
Chapter 14 Targeted Therapy in Prostate Cancer
Amado J. Zurita MD; John F. Ward, MD; Jeri Kim, MD
Chapter 15 Targeted Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Eric Jonasch, MD; Nizar Tannir, MD
Chapter 16 Targeted Therapy of Sarcoma
Joseph Ludwig, MD; Jonathan C. Trent , MD, PhD
Chapter 17 Targeted and Functional Imaging
Vikas Kundra, MD, PhD; Dawid Schellingerhout, MD;
Edward F. Jackson, PhD
Chapter 18 Combining Targeted Therapies
David Hong, MD; Lakshmi Chintala, MD
Chapter 19: Drug Development in Cancer Medicine:
Challenges for Targeted Approaches
Luis H. Camacho, MD, MPH
Chapter 20: Toward Personalized Therapy for Cancer
Sarah J. Welsh, PhD, Garth Powis, DPHIL
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: April, 2008
Pages: 458
Weight: 1160g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Diseases and Disorders, Haematology, Oncology
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