Customized cancer treatment
By: Ralph W. Moss
Publisher: Equinox Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lemont, PA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781881025016
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fundamentals of the test; title: Model building; title: The promise of the test; title: History of the test; title: First generation tests; title: Second generation: clonogenic assay; title: Basis of the clonogenic assay; title: Third generation: programmed cell death; title: Apoptosis and chemotherapy; title: Mick assay; title: Beyond apoptosis; title: How effective is the test?; title: Classification of drugs; title: The use of correlations; title: Comparison to er test; title: Comparison to PSA test; title: Limitations of the test; title: Microspheroids; title: Heterogeneity of tumors; title: Testing for specific cancers; title: The test and breast cancer; title: Mick assay and breast cancer; title: ATP-based assay for breast cancer; title: The test and ovarian cancer; title: Portsmouth RCT of ovarian cancer; title: The test and non-small cell lung cancer; title: The test and small cell lung cancer; title: The test and melanoma; title: The test and chronic lymphocytic leukemia; title: The test and pediatric ALL; title: The test and adult brain cancer; title: Comments of the clinical data; title: The ASCO review; title: Flaws in the ASCO argument; title: A new criterion; title: Low evaluability rate?; title: Slow turnaround rate; title: Loss of "novel options"; title: Cost of RCTs vs. the test; title: Role of insurance industry; title: What's wrong with chemo?; title: The case of NSCLC; title: Off label use; title: Meta-analyses; title: Rise of the clinical trials industry; title: The chemotherapy concession; title: Other forms of the test; title: Pachmann laboratory; title: Biofocus; title: The Greek laboratory; title: Questions about isolating CTCs; title: Genetic testing; title: Customized medicine?; title: Conclusions; title: The test and radiation; title: The test and CAM; title: The holy grail; title: Reevaluation of the test; title: Appendix A: labs performing the test; title: Appendix B: labs analyzing CTCs.