Lung Cancer and Personalized Medicine: Novel Therapies and Clinical Management
Author | : Aamir Ahmad |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2015-12-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783319249322 |
ISBN-13 | : 3319249320 |
Rating | : 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This, the second of two volumes on personalized medicine in lung cancer, touches upon the recent progress in targeted drug development based on genomics; emerging biomarkers and therapeutic targets such as EMT, cancer stem cells, and the tumor microenvironment; current personalized clinical management and radiation therapy for lung cancers; and the promise of epigenetics and next-generation sequencing for the advancements towards personalized therapy of lung cancer patients. With chapters on state-of-the-art therapies and technologies written by leading experts working to develop novel companion diagnosis tools for the personalized treatment of lung cancer patients, this volume brings readers up-to-date by presenting the current knowledge on the efforts to make personalized management of lung cancer patients a reality.