STAT Inhibitors in Cancer (Cancer Drug Discovery and Development) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3319827014 ISBN 13: 9783319827018

Publisher: Humana, 2018

Synopsis

This volume, which includes contributions from leading scientists and clinicians in the field, provides definitive, state-of-the-art information on STAT inhibitors in a biological and clinical context. It gives an overview of the biology of the STAT family of transcription factors and their role in cancer etiology. Additionally, it describes the raft of therapeutic approaches being used to inhibit STATs in the context of various cancers, covering the full spectrum of therapeutic approaches to inhibiting STATs, and presenting emerging data from clinical trials.

About this title

About the Author

Alister C. Ward is Foundation Professor/Director of Pre-Clinical Studies, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.

From the Back Cover

This volume, which includes contributions from leading scientists and clinicians in the field, provides definitive, state-of-the-art information on STAT inhibitors in a biological and clinical context. It gives an overview of the biology of the STAT family of transcription factors and their role in cancer etiology. Additionally, it describes the raft of therapeutic approaches being used to inhibit STATs in the context of various cancers, covering the full spectrum of therapeutic approaches to inhibiting STATs, and presenting emerging data from clinical trials.

Edition details

• Publisher: Humana
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319827014
• ISBN 13: 9783319827018
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202
• Editor: Ward Alister C.