Cancer chemotherapy / Rachel Airley.

Author
Airley, Rachel [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Description
x, 341 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-330) and index.
    Contents
    • Cancer epidemiology
    • Histopathology of cancer
    • Carcinogenesis, malignant transformation, and progression
    • Molecular biology of cancer : oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes
    • Tumour metastasis : a convergence of many theories
    • Health professionals in the treatment of cancer
    • Principles of cancer chemotherapy
    • Classic anticancer agents
    • The philosophy of cancer research
    • Novel anticancer agents
    • Clinical trials
    • Tumour hypoxia
    • Antiangiogenic and antivascular agents
    • Tyrosine kinase inhibitors
    • Ras inhibitors
    • Inhibitors of the Akt/PKB pathway
    • Targeting stress proteins: HSP90 inhibitors
    • The proteasome
    • Checkpoint protein kinases as novel targets : mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)
    • Telomerase
    • Histone deacetylase : an epigenetic drug target
    • Pharmaceutical problems in cancer chemotherapy
    • Oncology pharmacy at home and abroad
    • Practice exam questions.
    ISBN
    • 9780470092545 (HB)
    • 0470092548 (HB)
    • 9780470092552 (PB)
    • 0470092556 (PB)
    LCCN
    2008052079
    OCLC
    216941051
    RCP
    C - S
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