Emerging Therapeutics for Melanoma
£155
Emerging Therapeutics for Melanoma
Edited by Francesco M Marincola, Paolo A Ascierto & John M Kirkwood
Description
Published January 2012
ISBN: 978-1-78084-032-1
Understanding of the biology of melanoma has increased substantially during the past two decades, with consequent advances in therapeutic approaches and overall disease management. This book addresses diagnosis, prevention, prognosis, treatment and follow up in melanoma. In twelve chapters from international experts, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of understanding and management of melanoma, including discussion of current limitations and suggestions for modification of strategies that could help current promising concepts to yield success in the clinic.
Chapters
- Melanoma pathophysiology and drug targets
Giuseppe Palmieri, Carla Rozzo, Giusy Gentilcore & Paolo Antonio Ascierto - Melanoma classification, diagnosis and staging
Mohammed Kashani-Sabet - Melanoma prevention
Pamela B Cassidy, Douglas Grossman & Sancy A Leachman - Surgical treatment of melanoma: from excision to sentinel node biopsy
Nicola Mozzillo & Corrado Caracò - Adjuvant therapy in melanoma
Diwakar Davar, Ahmad A Tarhini & John M Kirkwood - Immunostimulatory monoclonal antibodies for melanoma treatment
Miguel Fernandez de Sanmamed, Jose L Perez-Gracia, Salvador Martín-Algarra & Ignacio Melero - New signal transduction inhibitors
Keith T Flaherty - Melanoma vaccines in development
Ruggero Ridolfi, Laura Ridolfi, Stefania VL Nicoletti & Massimo Guidoboni - Melanoma and biomarkers of immunoresponsiveness: predicting the clinical outcome of immunotherapy
Davide Bedognetti, Ena Wang, Mario Roberto Sertoli & Francesco M Marincola - Uveal melanoma
Paola Queirolo, Graziano Caltabiano & Francesco Spagnolo - Management of melanoma brain metastases in the era of targeted therapies Daniela Gonsalves Shapiro, Michael T Shapiro & Wolfram E Samlowski
- Which therapy for which patient?
Antoni Ribas