Impact of Genetic Targets on Cancer Therapy (eBook)

Wafik S. El-Deiry, M.D., Ph.D, is Professor of Medicine, Chief, Hematology/Oncology, Rose Dunlap Division Chair in Hematology/Oncology, and Associate Director for Translational Researchat Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute. Dr. El-Deiry is a well-respected and notable figure among cancer researchers, scientists, and clinicians. He has published almost 300 papers in his career and has over 29,000 totol citations, with an excellent h-index of 70.

​​​Novel antineoplastics targeting genetic changes in colorectal cancer.- Update on Clinical Trials: Genetic Targets in Breast Cancer.- Impact of Genetic Targets on Cancer Therapy in Esophagogastric Cancer.- Impact of Genetic Targets on Cancer Therapy: Liver Cancer.- Targeting the molecular phenotype of pancreatic cancer toward the goal of patient-tailored therapy.- Impact of genetic markers on treatment of Non-small cell lung cancer.- Impact of Genetic Targets on Therapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.- Tyrosine Kinase Targeted Treatment of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and Other Myeloproliferative Neoplasms.- Targeted Therapy of Multiple Myeloma.- Current and Future Trials of Targeted Therapies in Cutaneous Melanoma.- Current Approaches to Epigenetic therapy for the treatment of Mantle Cell Lymphoma.- Impact of Genetic Targets on Primary Brain Tumor Therapy: What’s Ready for Prime Time?.- Rational therapy for renal cell carcinoma based on its genetic targets.- Molecular and Genetic Markers of Follicular-Cell Thyroid Cancer: Etiology and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Opportunities.- Genetic Targets in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.- Emerging molecular therapies for the treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.- Impact of Genetic Targets on Prostate Cancer Therapy.- Small-Cell Lung Cancer: An Update on Targeted Therapies.- Impact of Genetic Targets on Cancer Therapy in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia.- Index.