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Antifolate Drugs in Cancer Therapy

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Part of the book series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development (CDD&D)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Antifolate Drugs

    • Robert C. Jackson
    Pages 1-12
  3. Fluoropyrimidines as Antifolate Drugs

    • G. J. Peters, C. H. Köhne
    Pages 101-145
  4. Raltitrexed (TomudexTM), a Highly Polyglutamatable Antifolate Thymidylate Synthase Inhibitor

    • Leslie R. Hughes, Trevor C. Stephens, F. Thomas Boyle, Ann L. Jackman
    Pages 147-165
  5. Tomudex

    • Philip Beale, Stephen Clarke
    Pages 167-181
  6. GW1843

    • Gary K. Smith, Joseph W. Bigley, Inderjit K. Dev, David S. Duch, Robert Ferone, William Pendergast
    Pages 203-227
  7. ZD9331

    • F. Thomas Boyle, Trevor C. Stephens, S. D. Averbuch, Ann L. Jackman
    Pages 243-260
  8. AG2034

    • Theodore J. Boritzki, Cathy Zhang, Charlotte A. Bartlett, Robert C. Jackson
    Pages 281-292
  9. Folates as Chemotherapeutic Modulators

    • Julio Barredo, Marlene A. Bunni, Raghunathan Kamasamudram, David G. Priest
    Pages 323-337
  10. Antifolates in Combination Therapy

    • Stephen P. Ackland, Rosemary Kimbell
    Pages 365-382
  11. Molecular Regulation of Expression of Thymidylate Synthase

    • Edward Chu, Jingfang Ju, John C. Schmitz
    Pages 397-408

About this book

In Antifolate Drugs in Cancer Therapy, Ann Jackman and a panel of highly regarded researchers comprehensively review the current status of novel antifolates, an important class of anticancer drugs. The distinguished contributors discuss the preclinical and clinical pharmacology of methotrexate, other dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors,
5-fluorouracil, and the new generation of antifolates-the thymidylate synthase and glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase inhibitors. In addition, they review in depth the modulation of antifolate drugs, folate and antifolate transport mechanisms, polyglutamation, resistance, and drug combinations, as well as pharmacogenomics, pharmacodynamics, regulation of gene expression, and mechanisms of cell death.

The wide and progressive scope of Antifolate Drugs in Cancer Therapy provides entré to exciting new avenues for future research, and constitutes a new standard reference for all basic scientists and clinicians engaged in cancer therapeutics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Cancer Research Campaign Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, The Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK

    Ann L. Jackman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Antifolate Drugs in Cancer Therapy

  • Editors: Ann L. Jackman

  • Series Title: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-725-3

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-596-6Published: 22 January 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-4521-4Published: 24 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-725-3Published: 22 January 1999

  • Series ISSN: 2196-9906

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9914

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 456

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Pharmacy

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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