BRAF Targets in Melanoma - Biological Mechanisms, Resistance, and Drug Discovery (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)

This volume contains a collection of writings from the leaders in the fields of Molecular Biology and Melanoma Research which will begin to tell the ever-expanding story of the most recent findings, discoveries, and potential of BRAF-directed targets in melanoma. Recent research has shown that BRAF inhibitors are effective for a short period of time, but there is little hope that this drugs as single agents will lead to durable benefit in a majority of patients. Among scientists and researchers who work in drug discovery, there is a lot of interest in the development of molecularly targeted cancer agents. Namely, the identification of a molecular target, the selection of molecules which effectively inhibit this target. What is starkly different about the development of this class of compounds, however, is that the mechanism of action of these agents are not as straightforward as was once previously assumed and the mechanisms of resistance that tumor cells employ to evade complete destruction are unlike any that have been described before. These discoveries in addition to utilization of modern molecular biology techniques have led to a series of hypotheses regarding which other types of molecules could be used in combination with BRAF-inhibitors in hopes of revolutionizing the potential of therapeutics in melanoma.

General

Imprint:	HumanaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Cancer Drug Discovery and Development, 82
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	2015
Editors:	Ryan J. Sullivan
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	204
Edition:	2015 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4939-2142-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Dermatology Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General
LSN:	1-4939-2142-8
Barcode:	9781493921423

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