Published November, 2010
By Amy M. Fulton and Amy Fulton
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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Chemokines are a superfamily of low molecular weight cytokines. In humans, there are approximately 45 chemokines that bind to 19 G-protein-coupled receptors. This book reviews what we do and do not know about the role of chemokine receptors in cancer behavior.

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Published November, 2010
By Youcef M. Rustum
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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Based on historical results with these agents when used alone, they also present a rationale for their results when used in combination with other agents.

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Published November, 2010
By Michel Page
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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Published November, 2010
By Keiko Hiyama
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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Until now, there are several good books on telomere and telomerase focusing on biology in ciliates, yeasts, and mouse or basic sciences in human, providing basic scientists or students with updated knowledge.

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Published November, 2010
By John A. Hickman and Caroline Dive
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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The past few years have witnessed an astonishing international effort that established the role of some 20 new molecules in apoptosis and added activation or suppression of apoptosis to the accepted biological functions of a great many others already familiar in cancer biology.

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Published November, 2010
By Sonia Jakowlew, Carl-Henrik Heldin, Sonia B. Jakowlew and C.-H. Heldin
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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Transforming Growth Factor- ss in Cancer Therapy, Vols. 1 and 2, provides a compendium of findings about the role of transforming growth factor- ss (TGF- ss) in cancer treatment and therapy. The companion volume details the role of TGF- ss on basic and clinical biology.

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Published November, 2010
By Gurmit Singh and Shafaat A. Rabbani
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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The authors illuminate the role of various autocrine, paracrine, and immunological factors involved in the progression and establishment of bone metastases, highlighting the physiological processes that lead to bone degradation, pain, angiogenesis, and dysregulation of bone turnover.

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Published November, 2010
By Godefridus J. Peters
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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The classical example is gemcitabine, now one of the most widely applied deoxynucleoside analogs, used for the (combination) treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer, and ovarian cancer.

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Published November, 2010
By Julian Adams
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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Takes stock of the work that has been accomplished with proteasome inhibitors in cancer, and examines various therapeutic possibilities. This title covers topics ranging from a discussion of the chemistry and cell biology of the proteasome and the rationale for proteasome inhibitors in cancer to a review of clinical trials underway.

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Published November, 2010
By Sonia Jakowlew, Michael B. Sporn, M.B. Sporn and Sonia B. Jakowlew
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
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Transforming Growth Factor- ss in Cancer Therapy, Vols. 1 and 2, provides a compendium of findings about the role of transforming growth factor- ss (TGF- ss) in cancer treatment and therapy.

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