This book discusses the more archetypal systemic targeted therapies, such as those employing monoclonal antibodies or liposomes, but also includes strategies, such as photodynamic therapy and boron neutron capture therapy, that rely on direct physical targeting of disease. The explosion in our understanding of the molecular biology of cancer in recent years has led to the identification of a number of new potential therapeutic targets.
These factors, combined with the likelihood that yet more valuable information will be gleaned from the Human Genome Project, mean that inevitably, significant clinical activity in this arena is anticipated in the coming years with the very real prospect that gene therapy approaches may find an established role in the standard treatment of some of the common cancers.
This book brings together the very latest research in this field from an international group of experts and will prove invaluable for molecular oncologists, cancer researchers and those involved with clinical trials as well as providing a reference for oncologists who are beginning to use some of these therapies in everyday clinical practice.
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Oncology - an Oxford Core Text Edited by RAJ Spence OBE & P Johnston
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This book discusses the more archetypal systemic targeted therapies, such as those employing monoclonal antibodies or liposomes, but also includes strategies, such as photodynamic therapy and boron neutron capture therapy, that rely on direct physical targeting of disease. The explosion in our understanding of the molecular biology of cancer in recent years has led to the identification of a number of new potential therapeutic targets.
These factors, combined with the likelihood that yet more valuable information will be gleaned from the Human Genome Project, mean that inevitably, significant clinical activity in this arena is anticipated in the coming years with the very real prospect that gene therapy approaches may find an established role in the standard treatment of some of the common cancers.
This book brings together the very latest research in this field from an international group of experts and will prove invaluable for molecular oncologists, cancer researchers and those involved with clinical trials as well as providing a reference for oncologists who are beginning to use some of these therapies in everyday clinical practice.
ALSO PUBLISHED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Oncology - an Oxford Core Text Edited by RAJ Spence OBE & P Johnston
Oxford Handbook of Oncology Edited by J Cassidy, D Bissett & RAJ Spence OBE
Imprint | Oxford UniversityPress |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | 2003 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | March 2003 |
Editors | Konstantinos N. Syrigos, Kevin Harrington |
Dimensions | 255 x 195 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 366 |
Edition | Rev Ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-850896-0 |
Barcode | 9780198508960 |
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LSN | 0-19-850896-4 |