Drug Repurposing in Cancer Therapy
Approaches and Applications
- 1st Edition - July 27, 2020
- Editors: Kenneth K.W. To, William C.S. Cho
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 6 6 8 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 9 0 3 - 9
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Request a sales quoteDrug Repurposing in Cancer Therapy: Approaches and Applications provides comprehensive and updated information from experts in basic science research and clinical practice on how existing drugs can be repurposed for cancer treatment. The book summarizes successful stories that may assist researchers in the field to better design their studies for new repurposing projects. Sections discuss specific topics such as in silico prediction and high throughput screening of repurposed drugs, drug repurposing for overcoming chemoresistance and eradicating cancer stem cells, and clinical investigation on combination of repurposed drug and anticancer therapy.
Cancer researchers, oncologists, pharmacologists and several members of biomedical field who are interested in learning more about the use of existing drugs for different purposes in cancer therapy will find this to be a valuable resource.
- Presents a systematic and up-to-date collection of the research underpinning the various drug repurposing approaches for a quick, but in-depth understanding on current trends in drug repurposing research
- Brings better understanding of the drug repurposing process in a holistic way, combining both basic and clinical sciences
- Encompasses a collection of successful stories of drug repurposing for cancer therapy in different cancer types
Cancer researchers, medical scientists, clinicians, graduate students, pharmacologists
- No. of pages: 458
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 27, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128196687
- eBook ISBN: 9780128199039
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William C.S. Cho
Dr. William C. Cho, Highly Cited Researchers in 2023 by Clarivate. Dr. Cho has published over 600 SCI peer-reviewed papers; he is the world's top 0.1% most influential scientists in the world.