Cancer chemotherapy /

This text offers a useful resource for all students taking courses in the subject. It enables the student to gain an understanding of the pathological, physiological & molecular processes governing malignancy, whilst also introducing the role of health professionals and scientists in the researc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Airley, Rachel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Temas:
Cancer > Chemotherapy.
Neoplasms > drug therapy
Antineoplastic Agents > therapeutic use
Cancer > Chimiothérapie.
MEDICAL > Oncology.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Cancer.
Cancer > Chemotherapy
Tumeurs > traitement médicamenteux.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cancer epidemiology
  • Histopathology of cancer
  • Carcinogenesis, malignant transformation, and progression
  • Molecular biology of cancer : oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes
  • Tumour metastasis : a convergence of many theories
  • Health professionals in the treatment of cancer
  • Principles of cancer chemotherapy
  • Classic anticancer agents
  • The philosophy of cancer research
  • Novel anticancer agents
  • Clinical trials
  • Tumour hypoxia
  • Antiangiogenic and antivascular agents
  • Tyrosine kinase inhibitors
  • Ras inhibitors
  • Inhibitors of the Akt/PKB pathway
  • Targeting stress proteins: HSP90 inhibitors
  • The proteasome
  • Checkpoint protein kinases as novel targets : mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)
  • Telomerase
  • Histone deacetylase : an epigenetic drug target
  • Pharmaceutical problems in cancer chemotherapy
  • Oncology pharmacy at home and abroad
  • Practice exam questions.

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