Lung Cancer And Personalized Medicine: Novel Therapies And Clinical Management
by Lung Cancer /
2013 / English / PDF
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Editors: Ahmad, Aamir, Gadgeel, Shirish M. (Eds.)
Provides a better understanding of lung cancer, the factors that make it lethal, and current research focused on developing personalized treatment plans
Addresses statistics and epidemiology of lung cancer, along with the incidence of lung cancer in non-smokers
Evaluates the state of current therapiesimmune, targeted therapies against EGFR TKIs, KRAS, ALK and the associated challenges, especially resistance mechanisms
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.
Number of Illustrations and Tables
21 illus., 1 in colour
Topics
Cancer Research
