Colorectal cancer treatment resistance : mechanisms, insights, advances and solutions /

Colorectal Cancer Treatment Resistance: Mechanisms, Insights, Advances and Solutions provide insights, knowledge, and potential solutions for healthcare professionals, researchers, and individuals affected by colorectal cancer.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Dlamini, Zodwa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, 2025.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatment Resistance
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • Preface
  • Part 1: Understanding Colorectal Cancer Drug Resistance
  • Part 2: Innovative Approaches to Overcoming Drug Resistance
  • Part 3: Molecular Factors and Therapeutic Strategies
  • Part 4: Future Perspectives and Advanced Research
  • 1 Understanding colorectal cancer drug resistance
  • 1 Unraveling the mystery of treatment resistance in colorectal cancer
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Drug resistance in colorectal cancer
  • Future technologies in overcoming treatment resistance
  • Overcoming treatment resistance
  • Chemotherapy resistance
  • Immunotherapy and immunomodulation in treatment resistance
  • Targeting alternative splicing
  • Nanomedicine
  • ncRNA in reversing resistance in colorectal cancer
  • Targeting genetic signatures in overcoming colorectal cancer resistance
  • Surgical interventions
  • Research advances in colorectal treatment resistance
  • Microbes in colon cancer drug resistance
  • Conclusion
  • Conflicts of interest
  • References
  • 2 Mechanisms of treatment resistance in colorectal cancer
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Multifaceted mechanisms underlying treatment resistance
  • Role of pharmacokinetics in the evolution of treatment resistance
  • Increased drug excretion
  • Drug target alteration
  • DNA damage repair
  • The role of tumor microenvironment stromal cells in the evolution of treatment-resistant colorectal cancer
  • Mesenchymal stem cells
  • Cancer-associated fibroblasts
  • Immunosuppressive cells
  • The role of adipocytes
  • Why do certain therapies fail?
  • Potential targets for intervention to overcome resistance
  • Limitations
  • Conclusion
  • Conflict of interest
  • References
  • 3 Biomarkers and predictive factors in colorectal cancer treatment resistance
  • Abbreviations.
  • Introduction
  • Biomarkers in colorectal cancer diagnosis, prognosis, therapy, and response
  • Diagnostic biomarkers in colorectal cancer
  • Prognostic biomarkers in colorectal cancer
  • Predictive biomarkers in colorectal cancer
  • Predictive factors in colorectal cancer treatment resistance
  • Hypermethylation
  • Tumor microenvironment
  • Other factors
  • Colorectal cancer exposome and disparities
  • Effects of ecosystems on colorectal cancer
  • Lifestyles factors and colorectal cancer
  • Social variables and colorectal cancer
  • Advances and integrated approaches in colorectal cancer prognostic biomarker discovery
  • Genomics
  • Proteomics
  • Metabolomics
  • Multiomics approaches
  • Challenges and limitations
  • Conclusions
  • Conflict of interest
  • References
  • 4 Targeted therapies and precision medicine in colorectal cancer drug resistance
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Innovative approaches that tailor treatments to the unique genetic and molecular characteristics
  • Ground-breaking advances in precision medicine and FDA-accepted targeted therapies
  • Bevacizumab
  • Cetuximab
  • Panitumumab
  • Ziv-Aflibercept
  • Regorafenib
  • Ramucirumab
  • Pembrolizumab
  • Nivolumab
  • Ipilimumab
  • Encorafenib
  • Molecular pathways of colorectal cancer and potential targeted therapies
  • Rat sarcoma-mutation targeted therapy
  • Serine/threonine-protein kinase B-Raf mutation targeted therapy
  • Microsatellite Instability targeted therapy
  • Neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase gene fusion targeted therapy
  • The role of phytochemical-based targeted therapy in colorectal cancer
  • Combination therapy measures
  • Limitations
  • Conclusion
  • Conflicts of interest
  • References
  • 2 Innovative approaches to overcoming drug resistance
  • 5 Overcoming chemotherapy resistance in colorectal cancer
  • Abbreviations.
  • Introduction into colorectal cancer
  • Strategies to overcome chemotherapy resistance in colorectal cancer
  • Medications and supplements
  • Metformin
  • Ivermectin
  • Dichloroacetate
  • Bazedoxifene
  • Enalapril
  • Melatonin
  • Vitamins
  • S-adenosylmethionine
  • Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs
  • Gene therapy
  • Ribozymes
  • RNA interference
  • Antisense oligonucleotides
  • Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
  • Epigenetic therapy
  • Noncoding RNAs
  • Protein inhibitors
  • Inhibitors of common resistance-related proteins
  • Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors
  • Sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor modulators
  • Natural herbal compounds
  • Innovative drug delivery system
  • Liposomes
  • Hydrogels
  • Nanocarriers
  • Exosomes
  • Combinational therapy
  • Supportive care measures
  • Limitations
  • Conclusion
  • Conflict of Interest
  • References
  • 6 Emerging treatment approaches for colorectal cancer treatment resistance
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Targeted therapies
  • Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors
  • Antiangiogenic agents
  • Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-targeted therapies
  • BRAF inhibitors
  • Mismatch repair and microsatellite instability targeting
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway inhibitors
  • Wnt pathway inhibitors
  • Human epidermal growth factor receptor 3-targeted therapies
  • Immunotherapies
  • Immune checkpoint inhibitors and the MSI-H/dMMR subset
  • Expanding immunotherapy to microsatellite stable colorectal cancer
  • Personalized vaccines and neoantigen targeting
  • Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy
  • Bispecific antibodies and T-cell engagers
  • Microbiome modulation and response to immunotherapy
  • Combination therapies
  • Personalized medicine strategies
  • Limitations and outlook
  • Conclusion
  • Conflict of Interest
  • References.
  • 7 Immunotherapy and immunomodulation in colorectal cancer treatment resistance
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Current immunotherapeutic strategies in metastatic colorectal cancer management
  • Understanding immunotherapy resistance mechanisms in colorectal cancer
  • Immunotherapy strategies for overcoming treatment resistance
  • Overcoming resistance mechanisms
  • Ten-eleven translocation 1
  • Ring-finger protein 43
  • Nuclear receptor coactivator 3
  • Large tumor suppressor
  • Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 3
  • Cyclic-AMP response element binding protein
  • Remodeling the tumor microenvironment
  • Combinational therapies and efforts to tailor therapy for individualized treatment
  • Challenges and limitations
  • Future directions and perspectives
  • Opportunities in implementing innovative approaches and optimizing therapeutic outcomes
  • Reshaping the landscape of colorectal cancer management
  • Conclusion
  • Conflict of Interest
  • References
  • 8 Splicing-associated drug resistance in colorectal cancer: targeting splicing signatures
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Alternate splicing events in colon cancer
  • Cis regulatory elements
  • Transregulatory factors in colorectal cancer
  • Posttranslational alterations of transregulatory splicing factors
  • Alternative splicing in drug resistance in colorectal cancer
  • DNA damage response
  • Resistance to apoptosis
  • Invasion and metastasis
  • Altering angiogenesis
  • Targeting alternative splicing to reverse drug resistance
  • Antisense oligonucleotides
  • Therapeutic approaches of small molecule inhibitors
  • Conclusion
  • Conflict of Interest
  • References
  • 9 Nanomedicine innovations: conquering colorectal cancer drug resistance
  • Introduction
  • Mechanisms of drug resistance in colorectal cancer
  • Mechanism of action of nanoparticles.