New Trends in Cancer for the 21st Century - (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology) by International Symposium on Cancer (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Driving the Cell Cycle to Cancer.- Proliferation: The Cell Cycle.- Molecular Analysis of Gene Expression in Tumor Pathology.- Ewing Tumor Biology: Perspectives for Innovative Treatment Approaches.- Cancer Epigenetics: DNA Methylation and Chromatin Alterations in Human Cancer.- Molecular Analysis of Cancer Using DNA and Protein Microarrays.- Proteomic Approaches to the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Monitoring of Cancer.- Structural Basis of Tumoral Angiogenesis.- Matrix Metalloproteinases and Tumor Progression.- Angiogenesis Inhibitors and Their Therapeutic Potentials.- Mutated Tyrosine Kinases as Therapeutic Targets in Myeloid Leukemias.- Targeting PDGF Receptors in Cancer-Rationales and Proof of Concept Clinical Trials.- Immune-Promoted Tumor Cell Invasion and Metastasis. New considerations in cancer therapy.- Improvements of Survival in Nine Phase II Clinical Studies With Different Types of Cancer Upon Anti-Tumor Vaccination with an Autologous Tumor Cell Vaccine Modified by Virus Infection to Introduce Danger Signals.- Causation and Prevention of Solely Estrogen-Induced Oncogenesis: Similarities to Human Ductal Breast Cancer.- Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors in Cancer Prevention and Treatment.- Exosomes for Immunotherapy of Cancer.- Breast Cancer Gene Expression Analysis ¡a The Case for Dynamic Profiling..- Development of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor TARCEVATm (OSI-774).- Gefitinib (TRESSA, ZD 1839) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Recents Results and Further Strategies.- Mechanism of Action of Anti-HER2 Monoclonal Antibodies: Scientific Update on Trastuzumab and 2C4.- EORTC Research and Development: Achievements and Future Perspectives.- Contributors.