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Title Combining targeted biological agents with radiotherapy : current status and future directions / edited by William Small, Jr
Published New York : Demos Medical Pub., ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) : illustrations
Contents Targeted therapies: definitions, limitations, and future directions / Tamara Z .Vern and William Small Jr. -- Epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR) / Michael P. Hagan [and others] -- Vascular epithelial growth factor (VEGF) receptors / Andrew N. Fontanella, Yiting Cao, and Mark W. Dewhirst
Dermatologic manifestations of targeted therapies / Mario E. Lacouture, Bharat B. Mittal, and Mark Agulnik -- Radiolabeled monoclonal antibody therapies / Lanea M.M. Keller [and others] -- Targeted therapies in malignant gliomas / Sean Grimm -- Targeted therapies in head and neck cancer / Ranee Mehra, Roger B. Cohen, and Paul M. Harari
Targeted therapies in lung cancer / Gregory M.M. Videtic -- Targeted therapies in pancreatic cancer / Sunil Krishnan, Vishal Rana, and Christopher H. Crane -- Targeted therapies in cervical cancer / Christopher J. Anker and David K. Gaffney -- Targeted therapies in endometrial cancer / Jergin Chen and David K. Gaffney
Summary Radiotherapy plays an integral role in cancer treatment. Approximately 60% of cancer patients will receive radiotherapy at some point in their treatment. A major improvement in patient outcomes occurs with the use of combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The combination of targeted biological agents with radiotherapy is the latest cutting-edge extension in cancer therapy for radiation oncologists. Combining Targeted Biological Agents with Radiotherapy: Current Status and Future Directions is an overview of the current state of clinical and pre-clinical research in combining radiotherapy w
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Cancer -- Radiotherapy.
Combined modality therapy.
Growth factors -- Receptors
Neoplasms -- therapy
Radiation Oncology
Combined Modality Therapy
Antineoplastic Agents -- therapeutic use
Radiotherapy -- methods
MEDICAL -- Oncology.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
Cancer -- Radiotherapy
Combined modality therapy
Growth factors -- Receptors
Form Electronic book
Author Small, William, Jr.
ISBN 9781935281009
1935281003
9781933864341
1933864346