Antiangiogenic Drugs as Chemosensitizers in Cancer Therapy - 9780323901901

Antiangiogenic Drugs as Chemosensitizers in Cancer TherapyAuthor(s): Lucia Morbidelli\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science & Technology, United Kingdom\nImprint: Academic Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780323901901, 978-0323901901\nSynopsis\nAnti-angiogenic Drugs as Chemosensitizers in Cancer Therapy, Volume 19focuses on the use of anti-angiogenic drugs as sensitizers of tumor cells to the inhibitory activity of antitumor agents. Conventional and novel anti-neoplastic agents (cytotoxic molecules, hormones/antihormones, immunotherapies) are taken into consideration, along with advances made in combination therapies. The book encompasses examples of studies on the use of antiangiogenic compoundsmolecules that inhibit the growth of vessels inside a tumortogether with antineoplastic drugs in order to sensitize the resistant tumor to their cytotoxic effects, thus reducing adverse side reactions and resistance and improving the therapeutic response of cancer patients. In addition, the.