Lung cancer
Subtitle: translational and emerging therapies
By: edited by Kishan J. Pandya, Julie R. Brahmer, Manuel Hidalgo.
Contributors: Pandya, Kishan J.; Brahmer, Julie R.; Hidalgo, Manuel, MD.
Series: Translational medicine series -- 3
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780849390210
Subjects: Lungs -- Cancer -- Chemotherapy; Lungs -- Cancer -- Treatment -- Technological innovations; Lungs -- Cancer -- Molecular aspects; Lung Neoplasms -- drug therapy; Antineoplastic Agents -- therapeutic use
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Molecular biology of lung cancer as the basis for targeted therapy / Oliver Gautschi ... [et al.]; title: Early clinical trial design issues: patient populations, end points, and barriers / Janet E. Dancey; title: Antiangiogenic therapy for lung cancer: small-molecule inhibitors / Nithya Ramnath and Alex A. Adjei; title: Antiangiogenic therapy for lung cancer: antibodies and other novel agents / Sarita Dubey and Ravi Salgia; title: Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition in non-small cell lung cancer / Antonio Jimeno and Manuel Hidalgo; title: Epidermal growth factor receptor targeted therapy; title: markers of sensitivity and response / Rafal Dziadziuszko, Barbara Szostakiewicz, and Fred R. Hirsch; title: Other novel targeted therapies in lung cancer / Kyriakos P. Papadopoulos and Anthony W. Tolcher; title: Lung cancer vaccines / Cheryl Ho ... [et al.]; title: Advances in chemoradiation treatment of locoregionally advanced non-small cell lung cancer / Michael T. Milano and Yuhchyau Chen; title: Advances in the treatment of brain metastases / Malika L. Siker and Minesh P. Mehta; title: Recent advances in imaging for lung cancer / Shweta Bhatt, Kristopher M. Skwarski, and Vikram S. Dogra.