Editor: Faris Q.B. Alenzi

Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics (Part 2)

eBook: US $89 Special Offer (PDF + Printed Copy): US $153
Printed Copy: US $108
Library License: US $356
ISBN: 978-981-5124-61-3 (Print)
ISBN: 978-981-5124-60-6 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2023
DOI: 10.2174/97898151246061230101

Introduction

Today, treatment options for cancer patients typically include surgery, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, and chemotherapy. While these therapies have saved lives and reduced pain and suffering, cancer still takes millions of lives every year around the world. Researchers are now developing advanced therapeutic strategies such as immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and combination nanotechnology for drug delivery. In addition, the identification of new biomarkers will potentiate early-stage diagnosis.

Molecular Targets and Cancer presents information about cancer diagnosis and therapy in a simple way. It covers several aspects of the topic with updated information on par with medical board levels. The book features contributions from experts and includes an overview of cancer from basic biology and pathology, classifications, surveillance, prevention, diagnosis, types of cancer, treatment and prognosis.

The second part of this book discusses specialized topics in clinical oncology which include the pathophysiology of various types of cancer, cancer screening, different types of cancer surgery, cancer stem cell-targeted immunotherapy, nanotechnology for precision medicine applications in cancer and cancer surveillance.

This comprehensive guide is a valuable resource for oncologists, researchers, and all medical professionals who work in cancer care and research.

Audience:

medical students, scientists, physicians and other healthcare professionals involved in cancer care and cancer research.

Preface

Oncology is a fast-evolving field. The last decade had witnessed enormous, complex discoveries in cancer biology, genetics, mutations, diagnostics and new targeted biological therapies. The team of expert contributors to this book tried to present these major aspects including, cancer traits, exogenous factors of cancer, the biology of cancer, growth factors of cancer, signaling pathways of cancer and epigenetic factors of cancer, in a simple but, at the same time, using up to date information. The book will be a great resource for medical students, scientists, physicians and other healthcare professionals involved in cancer care and cancer research.

Faris Q.B. Alenzi
Professor of Immunology
College of Applied Medical Sciences
Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
Saudi Arabia