DNA repair in cancer therapy /

Because of drug resistance, currently available anticancer therapies-drugs, radiotherapy, and other biological agents-have limited efficacy in treating cancer. In DNA Repair in Cancer Therapy, leading cancer researchers and oncologists comprehensively review the many recent developments in DNA repai...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Panasci, Lawrence C., Alaoui-Jamali, Moulay A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2004]
Series:Cancer drug discovery and development.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Clinical resistance to alkylators: status and perspective
  • Role of nonhomologous end-joining and recombinational DNA repair in resistance to nitrogen mustard and DNA crosslinking agents
  • Repair of DNA interstrnad crosslinks produced by cancer chemotherapeutic drugs
  • Chemosensitization to platinum-based anticancer drugs: current trends and future prospects
  • Regulation of DNA repair and apoptosis by p53 and its impact on alkylating drug resistance of tumor cells
  • Stress-activated signal transduction pathways in DNA damage response: implications for repair, arrest, and therapeutic interventions
  • Overcoming resistance to alkylating agents by inhibitors of O⁶-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase.
  • Cellular protection against the antitumor drug bleomycin
  • Potential role of PARP inhibitors in cancer treatment and cell death
  • Relationship among DNA repair genes, cellular radiosensitivity, and the response of tumors and normal tissues to radiotherapy
  • Strand-break repair and radiation resistance
  • V(D)J recombination and DNA double-strand-break repair: from immune deficiency to tumorigenesis
  • Inherited disorders of genomic instability and cancer susceptibility
  • Role of BRCA1 and BRCA2 in DNA repair and potential impact on therapeutics
  • Genetic variations in DNA repair: their implications in human cancer risk, prevention, and therapy.