Pharmacogenetics of Breast Cancer - Towards the Individualization of Therapy

Informationen zum Autor Brian Leyland-Jones (Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia) (Edited by) Klappentext Pharmacogenetics is becoming increasingly relevant in the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of cancer patients. A major problem facing oncologists is the outstanding varied efficacy of treatment. Promising advances in pharmacogenetics have allowed the development of effective agents which will enable personalized cancer chemotherapy to become routine for the clinical practice. Zusammenfassung Pharmacogenetics is becoming increasingly relevant in the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of cancer patients. A major problem facing oncologists is the outstanding varied efficacy of treatment. Promising advances in pharmacogenetics have allowed the development of effective agents which will enable personalized cancer chemotherapy to become routine for the clinical practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Pharmacogenomic approaches. Individualized kinetics and dosing. Clasical IHC and FISH state of the art. Affy-based chemo and dosing. Panoply of genomic approaches. Epigenetics. Illumina-based platforms. Proteomics. Measurement of Pharmacodynamic endpoints. What tissues are needed + specimen collection

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Brian Leyland-Jones, Brian (Winship Cancer Institute Leyland-Jones
• Collaboration: Brian Leyland-Jones (Editeur), Leyland-Jones Brian (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 19.05.2008
• EAN: 9781420086379
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-8637-9
• Pages: 350
• Thème: Translational Medicine
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Spécialités non cliniques; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, MEDICAL / Genetics, MEDICAL / Chemotherapy, Oncology, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, Medical Genetics, MEDICAL / Oncology / Breast Cancer, MEDICAL / Oncology / General