Pharmacogenetics of Breast Cancer

Informationen zum Autor Brian Leyland-Jones (Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia) (Edited by) Klappentext Pharmacogenetics is becoming increasingly relevant in the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of cancer patients. A major problem facing oncologists is the outstanding varied efficacy of treatment. Promising advances in pharmacogenetics have allowed the development of effective agents which will enable personalized cancer chemotherapy to become routine for the clinical practice. Zusammenfassung Pharmacogenetics is becoming increasingly relevant in the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of cancer patients. A major problem facing oncologists is the outstanding varied efficacy of treatment. Promising advances in pharmacogenetics have allowed the development of effective agents which will enable personalized cancer chemotherapy to become routine for the clinical practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Pharmacogenomic approaches. Individualized kinetics and dosing. Clasical IHC and FISH state of the art. Affy-based chemo and dosing. Panoply of genomic approaches. Epigenetics. Illumina-based platforms. Proteomics. Measurement of Pharmacodynamic endpoints. What tissues are needed + specimen collection

Autorentext
Brian Leyland-Jones (Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia) (Edited by)

Klappentext

Pharmacogenetics is becoming increasingly relevant in the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of cancer patients. A major problem facing oncologists is the outstanding varied efficacy of treatment. Promising advances in pharmacogenetics have allowed the development of effective agents which will enable personalized cancer chemotherapy to become routine for the clinical practice.

Inhalt
Pharmacogenomic approaches. Individualized kinetics and dosing. Clasical IHC and FISH state of the art. Affy-based chemo and dosing. Panoply of genomic approaches. Epigenetics. Illumina-based platforms. Proteomics. Measurement of Pharmacodynamic endpoints. What tissues are needed + specimen collection