Anticancer Agents
Subtitle: Frontiers in Cancer Chemotherapy (Acs Symposium Series)
Contributors: Iwao Ojima (Editor); Gregory D. Vite (Editor); Karl-Heinz Altmann (Editor)
Publisher: An American Chemical Society Publication
Published: September 21, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780841237452
Subjects: Pharmacology; Oncology; Congresses; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Antibiotic Therapy; Cancer Chemotherapy; therapeutic use; Medical / Nursing; Neoplasms; Medical; Chemotherapy; Medical / Chemotherapy; Medical / Oncology; Medical-Chemotherapy; Science-Life Sciences - Biochemistry; drug therapy; Antineoplastic Agents
First sentence: A revolution of information on the causes of the cancer phenotype is resulting in the former "empirical" drug development paradigm being replaced by a "rational" paradigm which emphasizes the effect of a test agent on a molecular drug target rather than on maximal tolerated dose.