Targeted Cancer Therapy

From the reviews: "Targeted Cancer Therapy provides an overview of recent advancements in therapy deriving from the implementation of new therapeutic agents. ... this book represents a useful and stimulating publication. ... the book has a scientific and cultural appeal for many other professionals interacting with patients with neoplastic disease. ... we also suggest this volume to all students who want to grow into becoming protagonists in the new era of molecular medicine." (Luigi Mansi and Andrea Vaccaro, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 39, 2012)

Chapter 1 Perspectives: Bench to Bedside and Back Jennifer Wheler, MD and Razelle Kurzrock, MD, FACP Chapter 2 Targeted Therapy in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Elihu Estey, MD Chapter 3 Targeted Therapy in Breast Cancer Barbara S. Craft, MD; Stacy Moulder, MD, MSCI Chapter 4 Targeted Therapy in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Apostolia-Maria Tsimberidou, MD, PhD; Michael J. Keating, MD Chapter 5 Targeted Therapy in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Elias Jabbour, MD; Jorge Cortes MD, Hagop Kantarjian, MD Chapter 6 Targeted Therapy in Colorectal Cancer Scott Kopetz, MD Chapter 7 Targeted Therapy in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer David J. Stewart, MD, FRCPC Chapter 8 Targeted Therapy in Lymphoma Amanda Wedgwood, MSN; Anas Younes, MD Chapter 9 Targeted Therapy in Melanoma Michael Davies, MD, PhD; Sunil Patel, MD; Kevin B. Kim, MD Chapter 10 Targeted Therapy in Multiple Myeloma Yuhong Zhou, MD; Raymond Alexanian, MD; Michael Wang, MD Chapter 11 Targeted Therapy in Myelodysplastic Syndrome Alfonso Quintas-Cardama, MD; Hagop Kantarjian, MD; Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD; Jorge Cortes, MD Chapter 12 Targeted Therapy in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Maurie Markman, MD Chapter 13 Targeted Drug Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer Don L. Gibbons, MD, PhD; Robert A. Wolff MD, Gauri Varadhachary, MD Chapter 14 Targeted Therapy in Prostate Cancer Amado J. Zurita MD; John F. Ward, MD; Jeri Kim, MD Chapter 15 Targeted Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma Eric Jonasch, MD; Nizar Tannir, MD Chapter 16 Targeted Therapy of Sarcoma Joseph Ludwig, MD; Jonathan C. Trent , MD, PhD Chapter 17 Targeted and Functional Imaging Vikas Kundra, MD, PhD; Dawid Schellingerhout, MD; Edward F. Jackson, PhD Chapter 18 Combining Targeted Therapies David Hong, MD; Lakshmi Chintala, MD Chapter 19: Drug Development in Cancer Medicine: Challenges for Targeted Approaches Luis H. Camacho, MD, MPH Chapter 20: Toward Personalized Therapy for Cancer Sarah J. Welsh, PhD, Garth Powis, DPHIL