Targeted therapy for cancer /

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Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Description:xviii, 343 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4865036
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Other authors / contributors:Syrigos, Konstantinos N.
Harrington, Kevin J., 1958-
ISBN:0198508964 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of contributors
  • List of abbreviations
  • Section I.
  • 1. The history of targeted therapy for cancer
  • 2. Preclinical models for the study of targeted therapy
  • Section II.
  • 3. Monoclonal antibody targeting therapy: an overview
  • 4. Antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (ADEPT)
  • 5. Monoclonal antibody targeted radionuclide therapy
  • 6. Combined external beam radiotherapy and radioimmunotherapy
  • Section III.
  • 7. Genetic immunotherapy for cancer
  • 8. Targeting of cancer gene therapy
  • 9. Targeted genetic prodrug activation therapy
  • 10. Antisense therapy as a targeted modality
  • 11. Dendritic cells--targeting the antitumor immune response
  • 12. Cell carriers for cancer gene therapy: bridging the gap between targeted vectors and systemic delivery?
  • 13. Liposomal targeting of cytotoxic drugs
  • 14. Targeting blood vessels in vivo by using phage display libraries
  • Section IV.
  • 15. Photodynamic therapy
  • 16. Boron neutron capture therapy: a chemically targeted radiation modality
  • Section V.
  • 17. Cancer immunotherapy directed at growth factor receptors: the ErbB/HER network as a prototype
  • 18. Targeting the metastatic process
  • Index