Overview
- Summarizes the recent events in this field, putting the achievements in perspective.
- Physicians and researchers working in the field of soft tissue sarcomas must be aware of the changes in treatment, the underlying concepts, and of the changes we face in the future
Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 120)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Recent achievements in the development of new techniques and agents for the treatment of cancer in general as well as for soft tissue sarcomas are tremendous. Molecular biology research has changed the landscape considerably and an increasing number of subtypes of soft tissue sarcomas are related to changes in cellular growth factors in the cell signaling pathways. This enables the development of targeted agents with specific activity against these factors. The presence of the KIT receptor at the surface of the gastrointestinal stroma tumor cell, and the activation constituted by mutations has led to the discovery of an extremely active specific KIT tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
In accordance with the more targeted approach in drug use, the changes in the field of radiation therapy and surgery basically focus on a better targeting of the disease, albeit not yet based on the molecular characteristics. All of these stress the importance of the multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma that was the focus of previous editions of this book.
Targeting Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas summarizes the recent events in this field, putting the achievements in perspective. Physicians and researchers working in the field of soft tissue sarcomas must be aware of the changes in treatment, the underlying concepts, and of the changes we face in the future.
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(Steven T. Rosen, M.D., Series Editor)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Targeting Treatment of Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Editors: Jaap Verweij, Herbert M. Pinedo
Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b113259
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7808-8Published: 27 May 2004
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-7941-7Published: 23 March 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-7856-9Published: 18 April 2006
Series ISSN: 0927-3042
Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 184
Topics: Cancer Research, Oncology