Biotargets of Cancer in Current Clinical Practice
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Mauro Bologna, editor.
--New York, NY:
Humana Press
, c2012.
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Biotargets of Cancer in Current Clinical Practice presents an updated and reasoned review of the current status of knowledge concerning the major cancer types with a special focus on the current biomarkers, genes involved and the potential future targets of innovative therapies. The volume includes for each major cancer type, a comprehensive although concise discussion of epidemiology, affirmed and innovative biomarkers for diagnosis, and descriptions of the relevant genes for prognosis and (in…
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- Other Authors
- Bologna, Mauro
- Responsibility
- Mauro Bologna, editor
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 563 p. : 100 ill., 57 ill. in color)
- Series Title
- Current clinical pathology
- ISBN
- 9781617796159
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Biological Markers
- Molecular Targeted Therapy
- Neoplasms - therapy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Medical laboratories
- Oncology
- Pathology
- Abstract
- Biotargets of Cancer in Current Clinical Practice presents an updated and reasoned review of the current status of knowledge concerning the major cancer types with a special focus on the current biomarkers, genes involved and the potential future targets of innovative therapies. The volume includes for each major cancer type, a comprehensive although concise discussion of epidemiology, affirmed and innovative biomarkers for diagnosis, and descriptions of the relevant genes for prognosis and (individualized) therapy through biotarget-specific new molecular treatments, with the latest information on the validation status of each novel biomarker. Individual chapters are dedicated to the major cancer types, plus a special chapter on metastasis. The present debate on patentability of genetic information applied to diagnostics and therapeutics of cancer is also discussed.
- Contents
- Central Nervous System Tumors -- Head and Neck Tumors -- Thyroid Cancer -- Targeted Therapies for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer -- Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas -- Leukemias -- Breast Cancer -- Esophago-Gastric Cancer -- Colorectal Cancer -- Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Biomarkers for Prognosis and Molecularly Targeted Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma -- Bladder Cancer -- Biomarkers in Prostate cancer -- Ovarian Cancer -- Uterine Cancer: The Influence of Genetics and Environment on Cell Cycling Pathways in Cancer -- Biotargets in Sarcomas: The Past, Present and a Look into the Future -- Melanoma and other skin cancers -- Molecular pathology of cancer metastasis: suggestions for future therapy -- Current and future developments in cancer therapy research: miRNAs as new promising targets or tools.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
