Full Description
This volume examines the effectiveness of different cancer treatment modalities as applied under a range of individual conditions. It specifically deals with kinetics, growth factors, metastases and immunity, and genetic regulation.
Contents
Partial table of contents:; Review of the Effects of Therapy on the Biology and Kinetics of the Surviving Tumor, Part I (J. Ragaz); KINETICS; Effects of the Initial Chemotherapy on Subsequent Therapy (L. Simpson-Herren & P. Noker); Proliferative and Vascular Responses to Cytoreduction in Solid Tumor Models (P. Braunschweiger); KINETICS AND TREATMENT DESIGN; Tumor Differences, Drug Differences, Treatment Design Differences, and Effects on Therapeutic Outcome (Degree and Duration of Therapeutic Response) (H. Skipper); Genetic and Kinetic Factors in the Drug Resistance of Micrometastatic Disease (J. Goldie); Biology of Residual Breast Cancer After Therapy: A Kinetic Interpretation (L. Norton); GROWTH FACTORS; Growth Control of Normal and Malignant Breast Epithelium (M. Lippman & R. Dickson); Inhibitors of Bombesin-Stimulated Intracellular Signals: Interruption of an Autocrine Pathway as a Therapeutic Strategy in Small Cell Lung Carcinoma (E. Sausville, et al.); GENETIC REGULATION OF TUMOR GROWTH; Growth Control in Leukemia (A. Eaves & C. Eaves); METASTASES AND IMMUNITY; Macrophages, Metastasis and Immunity (N. Phillips); Development of Myelorestorative and Immunotherapeutic Properties of Cytokines (J. Talmadge, et al.); MICROENVIRONMENT, DIFFERENTIATION, AND CHEMOPREVENTION; Cellular Maturation and Oncogene Expression During Drug-Induced Differentiation In Vitro: A Brief Review (J. Biedler, et al.); Leaky Tumor Vessels: Consequences for Tumor Stroma Generation and for Solid Tumor Therapy (H. Dvorak); Embryonic Mechanisms for Abrogating the Malignancy of Cancer Cells (R. Parchment, et al.); SUMMARY; Index.
