Targeted Therapies in Cancer Myth or Reality? /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Colotta, Francesco (Editor), Mantovani, Alberto (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 610
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Human genetics.; Human physiology.; Developmental biology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Human Genetics.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Human Physiology.; Developmental Biology.

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Table of Contents:

• Causality in Medicine
• The Evolution of the Biomedical Paradigm in Oncology: Implications for Cancer Therapy
• Anticancer Drug Discovery and Development
• Beyond VEGF: Targeting Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis via Alternative Mechanisms
• Aurora Kinases and Their Inhibitors: More Than One Target and One Drug
• Signalling Pathways and Adhesion Molecules as Targets for Antiangiogenesis Therapy in Tumors
• Developing T-Cell Therapies for Cancer in an Academic Setting
• Anticancer Cell Therapy with TRAIL-Armed CD34+ Progenitor Cells
• Linking Inflammation Reactions to Cancer: Novel Targets for Therapeutic Strategies
• Clinical Development of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: What Lessons Have We Learned?
• GIST As the Model of Paradigm Shift Towards Targeted Therapy of Solid Tumors: Update and Perspective on Trial Design
• Monoclonal Antibodies in the Treatment of Malignant Lymphomas
• Molecular Network Analysis using Reverse Phase Protein Microarrays for Patient Tailored Therapy.