Lung Cancer and Personalized Medicine: Novel Therapies and Clinical Management

This, the second of two volumes on personalized medicine in lung cancer, touches upon the recent progress in targeted drug development based on genomics; emerging biomarkers and therapeutic targets such as EMT, cancer stem cells, and the tumor microenvironment; current personalized clinical manageme...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ahmad, Aamir (Editor), Gadgeel, Shirish M. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 890
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:This, the second of two volumes on personalized medicine in lung cancer, touches upon the recent progress in targeted drug development based on genomics; emerging biomarkers and therapeutic targets such as EMT, cancer stem cells, and the tumor microenvironment; current personalized clinical management and radiation therapy for lung cancers; and the promise of epigenetics and next-generation sequencing for the advancements towards personalized therapy of lung cancer patients. With chapters on state-of-the-art therapies and technologies written by leading experts working to develop novel companion diagnosis tools for the personalized treatment of lung cancer patients, this volume brings readers up-to-date by presenting the current knowledge on the efforts to make personalized management of lung cancer patients a reality. .
Physical Description:X, 231 p. 22 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319249322
ISSN:0065-2598 ;