Springer Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Cancer Therapeutics

Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Cancer Therapeutics covers a wide variety of therapeutic approaches including gene therapy, immunological therapy; cancer vaccines; strategy for solid tumors as well as for hematological cancers; methods to suppress tumor angiogenesis and metastasis; development and utilization of relevant animal models; introduction of new concepts such as cancer stem cells and new technologies, such as DNA and tissue microarrays; and RNA interference. In addition, clinical application, the development of DNA diagnosis biomarkers and cancer prevention, as well as the utilization of imaging in cancer therapy are also discussed. The use of synthetic carriers, such as lipids, polymers, and peptides for delivery and targeting of small molecules, proteins, and nucleic acids to cancer cells in vivo are discussed. Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Cancer Therapeutics also includes cancer therapy modality in surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, as well as in combination or multi-modality, giving our book a more focused view of cancer therapy. From the Back Cover Pharmaceutical Perspectives of Cancer Therapeutics presents a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow review of the principles, current progress and state-of-the-art of cancer therapeutics. The complexity of cancer demands an integrated understanding from both cancer biology and pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery in order to warrant a successful therapeutic regimen. This book combines and merges the knowledge from these two aspects. Internationally acclaimed experts with a multi-disciplinary background, including scientists and clinicians from both academia and industries have contributed to this book to bridge the following areas between basic research and clinical application, pharmaceutical drug development processes and regulatory issues, drug design and delivery, laboratory and translational experimentation, marketing and postmarketing surveillance. Main features of the book: Anticancer drug development and regulatory processes. Strategies to suppress tumor angiogenesis and metastasis, overcome multi-drug resistance in cancer, target telomerase and apoptosis pathways. Therapeutic approaches to employ monoclonal antibody and cancer vaccines. Introduction of new concepts such as cancer stem cells and new technologies such as nanobiotechnology, RNA interference, microRNA, and cancer cell gene profiling. Use of lipids, polymers and peptides for drug delivery and targeting to cancer cells or specific organs. Utilization of bioimaging and HIF-1 knockout animal models in cancer study. Clinical trials designs and principles About the Author Yi Lu graduated with B.S. in Biochemistry from Fudan University in Shanghai, China in 1984, and Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA in 1992. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Departments of Pathology, Medicine, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA. His research interests include tumor angiogenesis and metastasis, gene therapy for prostate cancer and breast cancer, targeted gene expression, and exploration of novel apoptosis-inducing genes. He has more than 50 publications and holds five patents. Ram I Mahato is a full time Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Health Science Center Memphis. He was a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Utah Salt Lake City, Senior Scientist at GeneMedicine, Inc., The Woodland, TX, and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Washington University in St Louis and Kyoto University, Japan. He received his B.S. in Pharmaceutics from China Pharmaceutical University in 1989 and PhD in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery from the University of Strathclyde in 1992. He is an author or co-author of 79 peer reviewed articles and book chap