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Biotargets of Cancer in Current Clinical Practice

Book information

Publisher
Humana Press
Year
2012
ISBN
978-1-61779-614-2, 978-1-61779-615-9
DOI
10.1007/978-1-61779-615-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10827034 bytes)
Series
Current Clinical Pathology
Edition
1
Pages
563\572
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-21 17:42:52

Description

Biotargets of Cancer in Current Clinical Practice presents an updated and reasoned review of the current status of knowledge concerning the major cancer types with a special focus on the current biomarkers, genes involved and the potential future targets of innovative therapies. The volume includes for each major cancer type, a comprehensive although concise discussion of epidemiology, affirmed and innovative biomarkers for diagnosis, and descriptions of the relevant genes for prognosis and (individualized) therapy through biotarget-specific new molecular treatments, with the latest information on the validation status of each novel biomarker. Individual chapters are dedicated to the major cancer types, plus a special chapter on metastasis. The present debate on patentability of genetic information applied to diagnostics and therapeutics of cancer is also discussed.

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