Cancer Drug Discovery Science and History /

• Main Authors: Kim, Kyu-Won (Author), Roh, Jae Kyung (Author), Wee, Hee-Jun (Author), Kim, Chan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacy.; Cancer research.; Medicine > History.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; History of Medicine.

This book describes the history of cancer drugs development to provide insight into the successes and the shortcomings of this enterprise. Most cancer drug treatments target the cancer cell as the core component and as such are very effective in inhibiting their proliferation. However, these cancer...