Molecular Therapies of Cancer [Paperback]

Molecular Therapies of Cancer comprehensively covers the molecular mechanisms of anti-cancer drug actions in a comparably systematic fashion. While there is currently available a great deal of literature on anti-cancer drugs, books on the subject are often concoctions of invited review articles superficially connected to one another. There is a lack of comprehensive and systematic text on the topic of molecular therapies in cancer. A further deficit in the relevant literature is a progressive sub-specialization that typically limits textbooks on cancer drugs to cover either pharmacology or medicinal chemistry or signal transduction, rather than explaining molecular drug actions across all those areas; Molecular Therapies of Cancer fills this void. The book is divided into five sections: 1. Molecular Targeting of Cancer Cells; 2. Emerging and Alternative Treatment Modalities; 3. Molecular Targeting of Tumor-Host Interactions; 4. Anti-Cancer Drug Pharmacokinetics; and 5. Supportive Therapies.

INTRODUCTION

SECTION I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

SECTION II: MOLECULAR TARGETING OF CANCER CELLS

1. DNA DAMAGING DRUGS
1.1. ALKYLATING AGENTS
1.2. ANTIBIOTICS
1.3. TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITORS
1.4. ANTI-METABOLITES

2. DRUGS THAT SUPPRESS PROLIFERATION
2.1. ANTI-MITOTIC AGENTS
2.2. DIFFERENTIATING AGENTS
2.3. INDUCERS OF APOPTOSIS

3. MOLECULAR INHIBITORS OF GROWTH SIGNALS
3.1. SMALL MOLECULE KINASE INHIBITORS
3.2. INHIBITORS OF ONCOGENE FUNCTIONS
3.3. ANTIBODIES

4. ANTI-METASTASIS THERAPY
4.1. INTEGRIN INHIBITORS
4.2. CD44 INHIBITORS
4.3. MMP INHIBITORS
4.4. CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR INHIBITORS
4.5. TGF-b IHIBITORS
4.6. BONE TARGETING AGENTS
4.7. OTHERS

5. INDlC'