Overview
Written by the winner of the 2008 Mike Price Fellowship ""This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the wealth of information now available in this important and fast-moving subject."" Anticancer Research, November - December 2008 This book provides a clear introduction to the area, with an overview of the various drug design and development approaches for cancer therapeutics and their progress in today’s multidisciplinary approach to cancer treatment. Clearly structured throughout, the book not only provides information on currently used molecular treatment approaches, but also describes the various agents that are currently at various stages of development and clinical trials, thus making them the drugs of tomorrow. The book goes on to present current therapeutic regimes including their indications and side effects, as well as their position in the international market in terms of sales and development costs. Furthermore, coverage of our advancement in the understanding of cancer biology and how this has driven the drug discovery process is clearly discussed. Modern drug discovery aspects, through genomic, proteomic and metabolomic approaches are referred to as well as combinatorial chemistry techniques and discovery of chemotherapeutic agents from plant extracts, re-use of old drugs and drugs from other indications, or de novo rational drug design. Including contributions from leading experts in the field, this book provides the reader with a complete overview of the various types of therapeutic agents, current and emerging, as well as other aspects associated with anticancer therapy, drug design, resistance and clinical trials in oncology.
Full Product Details
Author: Sotiris Missailidis (The Open University)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.80cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.822kg
ISBN: 9780470723036
ISBN 10: 0470723033
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 07 November 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
"“This book is very well conceived and well presented.” (Doody's Reviews, June 2009) ""This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the wealth of information now available in this important and fast-moving subject."" (Anticancer Research, November - December 2008)"
?This book is very well conceived and well presented.? (Doody's Reviews, June 2009) This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the wealth of information now available in this important and fast-moving subject. (Anticancer Research, November - December 2008)
This book is very well conceived and well presented. (Doody's Reviews, June 2009) This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the wealth of information now available in this important and fast-moving subject. (Anticancer Research, November - December 2008)
Author Information
Dr Sotiris Missailidis. Department of Chemistry and Analytical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
