Overview
- Will optimize the reader's ability to prescribe effective therapeutic regimens
- Provides know-how on building drug combinations that overcome disease resistance
- Illustrates the use of personalized medicine in cancer treatment
- Divided into clearly organized, site specific chapters
- Presents the forefront in the practical implementation of targeted therapeutics
Part of the book series: Current Clinical Oncology (CCO)
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About this book
In the era of personalized medicine, cancer treatment has become a model for the use of targeted therapeutics. Leaving behind the "one size fits all" approach to cancer care, this book provides the practicing oncologist with an overview of the advances in treatment and an understanding of the implementation of new therapeutic agents. Targeted Cancer Therapy is divided into twenty chapters covering specific hematologic malignancies and solid tumors, targeted and functional imaging, and combination therapies. Each disease specific chapter includes up-to-date information on investigational and FDA approved therapies which will enhance the reader’s ability to prescribe effective drug regimens. This includes combinations of therapies and therapeutic modalities to overcome drug resistance.
In a rapidly changing field, this book will enable clinicians to improve their ability to practice personalized health planning, make early diagnoses, and select optimal drugs for each patient with predictable side effects and outcomes. Poised to change the landscape in oncology, Targeted Cancer Therapy is essential for practicing and academic physicians, fellows, and residents.
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From the reviews:
“Targeted Cancer Therapy provides an overview of recent advancements in therapy deriving from the implementation of new therapeutic agents. … this book represents a useful and stimulating publication. … the book has a scientific and cultural appeal for many other professionals interacting with patients with neoplastic disease. … we also suggest this volume to all students who want to grow into becoming protagonists in the new era of molecular medicine.” (Luigi Mansi and Andrea Vaccaro, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 39, 2012)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Targeted Cancer Therapy
Editors: Razelle Kurzrock, Maurie Markman
Series Title: Current Clinical Oncology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-424-1
Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Humana Press 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60327-423-4Published: 07 April 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-60761-598-9Published: 09 December 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-1-60327-424-1Published: 07 March 2008
Series ISSN: 2364-1134
Series E-ISSN: 2364-1142
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 446
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oncology, Hematology, Cancer Research, Internal Medicine