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Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Cancer Therapy

  • Gives an updated overview on the possible reasons of failure of new and promising therapeutic opportunities
  • Provides extensive discussions of issues including pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic mechanisms of resistance, alterations in the drug target, activation of prosurvival pathways, ineffective induction of cell death, and plasticity of microenvironment
  • Covers the diverse perspectives of basic scientists, clinical pharmacologists and clinicians

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology (HEP, volume 249)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Molecular and Pharmacological Mechanisms of Drug Resistance:An Evolving Paradigm

    • Benedetta Colmegna, Lavinia Morosi, Maurizio D’Incalci
    Pages 1-12
  3. Immune-Mediated and Hypoxia-Regulated Programs: Accomplices in Resistance to Anti-angiogenic Therapies

    • Diego O. Croci, Santiago P. Mendez-Huergo, Juan P. Cerliani, Gabriel A. Rabinovich
    Pages 31-61
  4. Mechanisms of Resistance to Target Therapies in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

    • Francesco Facchinetti, Claudia Proto, Roberta Minari, Marina Garassino, Marcello Tiseo
    Pages 63-89
  5. Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Melanoma

    • Matthew Winder, Amaya Virós
    Pages 91-108
  6. Mechanisms of Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Antibodies

    • Rodrigo N. Ramos, Eliane Piaggio, Emanuela Romano
    Pages 109-128
  7. Targeting DNA Repair

    • Giuseppe Curigliano
    Pages 161-180
  8. Resistance to Hormonal Therapy in Prostate Cancer

    • Alfredo Berruti, Alberto Dalla Volta
    Pages 181-194
  9. Mechanisms of Resistance to Targeted Therapies in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

    • Federico Lussana, Tamara Intermesoli, Paola Stefanoni, Alessandro Rambaldi
    Pages 231-250
  10. Mechanisms of Resistance in Multiple Myeloma

    • Athanasios Papadas, Fotis Asimakopoulos
    Pages 251-288

About this book

A major objective of this book is to reveal unprecedented opportunities to understand and overcome drug resistance through the clinical assessment of rational therapeutic drug combinations and the use of predictive and prognostic biomarkers to enable patient stratification and tailor treatments. It offers to the readers an updated overview on the possible reasons of failure of new and promising therapeutic opportunities.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Oncology and Hematology, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy

    Mario Mandalà

  • Department of Oncology, INSERM Res Unit 932, Institut Curie, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Emanuela Romano

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eBook USD 129.00
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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