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Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Anti-Cancer Agents

Volume 1

eBook: US $39 Special Offer (PDF + Printed Copy): US $138
Printed Copy: US $119
Library License: US $156
ISSN: 2215-0803 (Online)
ISBN: 978-1-60805-799-3 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-60805-798-6 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2014
DOI: 10.2174/97816080579861130101

Introduction

Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Anti-Cancer Agents should prove to be a valuable resource for pharmaceutical scientists and postgraduate students seeking updated and critical information for developing clinical trials and devising research plans in the field. The chapters in this volume have been written by leading experts from the field.

The contents of this book include new approaches to cancer therapy, treatment of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors, targeting key signaling pathways in pediatric brain tumors, current status of cladribine in lymphoid and myeloid malignancies, natural anti-cancer products and the mechanisms of telomere and telomerase regulation in hematologic malignancies.

The eBook series is essential to all scientists involved in clinical drug research who wish to keep abreast of rapid and important developments in the field. The readers will find these reviews valuable and will certainly trigger further research in the pharmaceutical development of anti-cancer agents.

Preface

- Pp. i-ii (2)
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List of Contributors

- Pp. iii-iv (2)
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A New Approach to Cancer Therapy: The Tumor Microenvironment as Target

- Pp. 3-68 (66)
Reto A. Schwendener, Sibel Mete
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The Current Status of Cladribine in the Treatment of Lymphoid and Myeloid Malignancies

- Pp. 69-114 (46)
Tadeusz Robak, Pawel Robak
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The Mechanisms of Telomere and Telomerase Regulation in Hematologic Malignancies

- Pp. 115-183 (69)
Kiyotaka Kawauchi, Masaharu Akiyama, Osamu Yamada
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The Treatment of Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

- Pp. 184-238 (55)
Vera Hirsh
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Targeting Key Signaling Pathways in Pediatric Brain Tumors

- Pp. 239-267 (29)
Fernanda I. Arnaldez, Katherine E. Warren
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Natural Anti-Cancer Products

- Pp. 268-338 (71)
Shao-Zhi Fu, Ling-Lin Yang, Jing-Bo Wu
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Index

- Pp. 339-358 (20)
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