Antimicrotubule Agents

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Antimicrotubule Agents Christopher J. Hoimes Lyndsay N. Harris MICROTUBULES Microtubules are vital and dynamic cytoskeletal polymers that play a critical role in cell division, signaling, vesicle transport, shape, and polarity,…

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Topoisomerase Interactive Agents

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Topoisomerase Interactive Agents Khanh T. Do Shivaani Kummar James H. Doroshow Yves Pommier CLASSIFICATION, BIOCHEMICAL, AND BIOLOGIC FUNCTIONS OF TOPOISOMERASES Nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) being long polymers, topoisomerases fulfill…

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Antimetabolites

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Antimetabolites M. Wasif Saif Edward Chu ANTIFOLATES Reduced folates play a key role in one-carbon metabolism, and they are essential for the biosynthesis of purines, thymidylate, and protein biosynthesis. Aminopterin…

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Platinum Analogs

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Platinum Analogs Peter J. O’Dwyer A. Hilary Calvert INTRODUCTION The platinum drugs represent a unique and important class of antitumor compounds. Alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents, cis-diamminedichloroplatinum…

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Alkylating Agents

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Alkylating Agents Kenneth D. Tew PERSPECTIVES Alkylating agents were the first anticancer molecules developed, and they are still used today. After more than 50 years of use, the basic chemistry…

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Pharmacogenomics

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Pharmacogenomics Christine M. Walko Howard L. McLeod INTRODUCTION The evolution of understanding cancer biology has yielded many advances that have been translated into cancer treatment. Application of this knowledge has…

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Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Anticancer Drugs

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Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Anticancer Drugs Alex Sparreboom Sharyn D. Baker INTRODUCTION Drug selection and therapy considerations in oncology were originally solely based on observations of the effects produced.1 To…

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Cancer Immunotherapy

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Cancer Immunotherapy Steven A. Rosenberg Paul F. Robbins Giao Q. Phan Steven A. Feldman James N. Kochenderfer INTRODUCTION Progress in understanding basic aspects of cellular immunology and tumor-host immune interactions…

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Essentials of Radiation Therapy

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Essentials of Radiation Therapy Meredith A. Morgan Randall K. Ten Haken Theodore S. Lawrence INTRODUCTION The beneficial use of radiation was launched by the experiments of Wilhelm Roentgen, who, in…

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Trends in United States Cancer Mortality

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Trends in United States Cancer Mortality Tim E. Byers INTRODUCTION Cancer incidence registries now cover nearly all of the US population. State-based vital records systems and aggregate national systems regularly…

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