Emerging therapeutic targets in ovarian cancer / [electronic resource]
by Kaye, Stanley B.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, ©2011Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 291 pages) : illustrations.ISBN: 9781441972163; 1441972161; 9781441972156; 1441972153.Subject(s): Ovaries -- Cancer -- Treatment | Ovarian Neoplasms -- therapy | Antineoplastic Agents -- therapeutic use | Drug Design | Drug Therapy -- trends | Medicine | HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer | MEDICAL -- Oncology | Ovaries -- Cancer -- Treatment | Electronic booksOnline resources: Wiley Online LibraryIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Systemic Therapy for Ovarian Cancer, Current Treatment, Recent Advances, and Unmet Needs; 2 Discovery of Novel Targets; 3 Novel Anti-angiogenic Therapies in Ovarian Cancer; 4 Targeting the AKT Pathway in Ovarian Cancer; 5 Inhibition of the Src Oncogene: Therapeutic PotentialINTbreak; in Ovarian Carcinoma; 6 Tumour-Specific Synthetic Lethality: Targeting BRCA Dysfunction in Ovarian Cancer; 7 Targeting Inflammatory Pathways in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.
This book offers a progress report on efforts to meet the challenges faced by ovarian cancer patients and their doctors. It provides a current perspective on therapeutic developments as a partnership between laboratory-based and clinical-based researchers.
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