Cancer Drug Resistance

by Beverly A. Teicher

Book Overview

Leading experts summarize and synthesize the latest discoveries concerning the changes that occur in tumor cells as they develop resistance to anticancer drugs, and suggest new approaches to preventing and overcoming it. The authors review physiological resistance based upon tumor architecture, cellular resistance based on drug transport, epigenetic changes that neutralize or bypass drug cytotoxicity, and genetic changes that alter drug target molecules...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588295303
• ISBN13: 9781588295309
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Humana
• Length: 617 Pages
• Weight: 2.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.2"