Pharmacogenetics: Making cancer treatment safer and more effective
Samenvatting
Chemotherapy has made a dramatic difference to improved survival in patients with cancer. However, not all patients respond and some experience serious side effects.
"Pharmacogenetics: Making cancer treatment safer and more effective" is an up to date summary of the exciting new field of how genetic testing can tailor more effective prescription in oncology.
It is targeted at oncologists and professionals involved in the treatment of patients with cancer. It provides a core background in genetics and pharmacological principles before providing chapters from acknowledged experts in the field on genetic tests in specific cancer types, including breast, bowel and lung cancer. Clinical cases are used to illustrate the practical application of this knowledge.
Chapters on ethics, health economics and the industry aspects of pharmacogenetics set out the challenges and opportunities afforded by this new science.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
William G. Newman
Chapter 1: Principles of cancer treatment
William G. Newman & Fiona H. Blackhall
Chapter 2: Clinical pharmacology and anticancer drugs
Cristina Rodríguez-Antona & Julia Kirchheiner
Chapter 3: Pharmacogenetics
William G. Newman
Chapter 4: Pharmacogenetics in the management of breast cancer
Sacha J. Howell
Chapter 5: Pharmacogenetics in colorectal cancer
Roberta Ferraldeschi
Chapter 6: Pharmacogenetics in the management of lung cancer
Fiona Blackhall
Chapter 7: Pharmacogenetics and cancer treatment in children
P. Kellie Turner & Gareth J. Veal
Chapter 8: Pharmacogenetics in palliative care
Andrew A. Somogyi
Chapter 9: Genetic predictors of normal tissue response to radiotherapy
Catharine M.L. West, Gillian C. Barnett, Alison M. Dunning, Rebecca M. Elliott, Neil G. Burnet
Chapter 10: Cancer pharmacogenetics in industry
Mireille Cantarini
Chapter 11: Ethical issues in pharmacogenetics
Tara Clancy
Chapter 12: Economics of cancer pharmacogenetics
Katherine Payne
Chapter 13: Future directions in cancer pharmacogenetics
William G. Newman
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