Targeted therapies in cancer /

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Author / Creator:Lacroix, Marc, 1963- author.
Imprint:New York : Nova Biomedical, [2014]
©2014
Description:1 online resource (xi, 233 pages)
Language:English
Series:Cancer etiology, diagnosis, and treatments
Cancer etiology, diagnosis, and treatments.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11235875
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ISBN:9781633216877
163321687X
1633216764
9781633216761
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Since the year 2000, exciting developments in cancer therapy have occurred. For decades in the 20th century, the hallmark of medical treatment for cancer had been cytotoxic chemotherapy, with drugs targeting rapidly dividing cells, including cancer cells but also certain normal tissues. As a result, many patients experienced the ""classic"" toxicities of alopecia, gastrointestinal symptoms and/or myelosuppression. In the last years, however, clinical research has been strongly occupied with the identification of mutations and aberrations concerning molecular pathways in cancer and their altera.
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