Title | Novel anticancer agents [electronic resource] : strategies for discovery and clinical testing / editors Alex A. Adjei, John K. Buolamwini |
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Imprint | Amsterdam ; London : Academic, c2006 |
Connect to | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120885619 |
Descript | xv, 437 p., [20] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm |
Section A: Strategies for Drug Discovery. -- 1. A Survey of Novel Molecular Targets for Anticancer Drug Discovery. -- 2. Microarrays: Small Spots Produce Major Advances in Pharmacogenomics. -- 3. Strategies to Target Chemotherapeutics to Tumors. -- 4. QSAR and Pharmacophore Mapping Strategies in Novel Anticancer Drug Discovery. -- 5. Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Mass Spectrometry to Anticancer Drug Discovery. -- 6. Antisense Strategies for the Development of Novel Cancer Therapeutics. -- 7. Antibodies and Vaccines as Novel Cancer Therapeutics. -- 8. Inhibitors of Apoptosis (IAPs) as Targets for Cancer Therapy. -- 9. Preclinical Testing and Validation of Novel Anticancer Agents. -- Section B: Methods for Clinical Testing of Novel Agents. -- 10. Biologic Endpoints and Surrogate Markers for Ealry Trials of Novel Anticancer Agents. -- 11. Regulatory Considerations in Clinical Trials of Novel Anticancer Drugs. -- 12. Improving the Efficacy and Safety of Anticancer Agents - The Role of Pharmacogenetics. -- 13. Imaging of Pharmacodynamic Endpoints in Clinical Trials. -- 14. Devising Proof of Concept Strategies in Oncology Clinical Trials. -- 15. Clinical Trial Designs for Cytostatic Agents and Agents Directed at Novel Molecular Targets. -- 16 Cancer Gene Therapy Clinical Trials: From the Bench to the Clinic. -- 17. Molecular Targest for Radiosensitization. -- 18. Patient Accrual to Clinical Trials