Cancer chemotherapy
Subtitle: Basic science to the clinic
By: Rachel Airley.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken, New Jersey
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470092545; 9780470092552
Subjects: Cancer -- Chemotherapy; Neoplasms -- drug therapy; Antineoplastic Agents -- therapeutic use
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cancer epidemiology; title: Histopathology of cancer; title: Carcinogenesis, malignant transformation, and progression; title: Molecular biology of cancer : oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes; title: Tumour metastasis : a convergence of many theories; title: Health professionals in the treatment of cancer; title: Principles of cancer chemotherapy; title: Classic anticancer agents; title: The philosophy of cancer research; title: Novel anticancer agents; title: Clinical trials; title: Tumour hypoxia; title: Antiangiogenic and antivascular agents; title: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors; title: Ras inhibitors; title: Inhibitors of the Akt/PKB pathway; title: Targeting stress proteins: HSP90 inhibitors; title: The proteasome; title: Checkpoint protein kinases as novel targets : mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR); title: Telomerase; title: Histone deacetylase : an epigenetic drug target; title: Pharmaceutical problems in cancer chemotherapy; title: Oncology pharmacy at home and abroad; title: Practice exam questions.