This book provides multidisciplinary reviews of the mechanism of action and uses of methotrexate in the treatment of cancer, psoriasis, gynecologic and inflammatory diseases. The intended audience is composed of clinicians involved in the care of patients suffering from oncologic, gynecologic, rheumatic diseases as well as scientists involved in research into the pathogenesis and treatment of these diseases. This boo

Inhalt
Methotrexate: historical aspects.- Methotrexate, its mechanisms of action in malignant disease and mechanisms of resistance by malignant cells.- Current use of methotrexate in the treatment of malignancies in adults.- The use of methotrexate in the treatment of childhood malignancies.- The mechanisms of methotrexate's action in the treatment of inflammatory disease.- Methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis.- Use of methotrexate in the treatment of psoriasis and other dermatological disorders.- The use of methotrexate in gynecological practice.