Lung Cancer and Personalized Medicine: Novel Therapies and Clinical Management / / edited by Aamir Ahmad, Shirish M. Gadgeel

• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2016.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.9942406
• Soggetto topico: Cancer research; Cancer Research
• Persona (resp. second.): AhmadAamir; GadgeelShirish M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. .
• Titolo autorizzato: Lung Cancer and Personalized Medicine: Novel Therapies and Clinical Management
• ISBN: 3-319-24932-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910253882803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, . 0065-2598 ; ; 890