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Platinum and Other Heavy Metal Compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy
. Ed(S): Bonetti, Andrea; Leone, Roberto; Leone, Roberto; Howell, Stephen B.
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Paperback. The papers in this volume were presented at the 10th International Symposium on Platinum Coordination Compounds in Cancer Chemotherapy held in Verona, Italy, from November 30th to December 3rd 2007 The volume covers important issues related to platinum drugs. Editor(s): Bonetti, Andrea; Leone, Roberto; Leone, Roberto; Howell, Stephen B. Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development. Num Pages: 424 pages, 45 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 652.
Cisplatin, the first member of the family of platinum-containing chemotherapeutic agents, was discovered by Barnett Rosenberg in 1965 and approved by the FDA for marketing in 1978. After 30 years of use in the clinic, cisplatin remains a central element of many treatment regimens. Cisplatin is still an irreplaceable component of a regimen that produces high cure rates in even advanced nonseminomatous germ-cell cancers, and is widely used in the treatment of ovarian cancers and other gynecologic cancers, head and neck, and numerous other tumor types. The development of carboplatin has reduced some of the adverse events associated with cisplatin ... Read more
Cisplatin, the first member of the family of platinum-containing chemotherapeutic agents, was discovered by Barnett Rosenberg in 1965 and approved by the FDA for marketing in 1978. After 30 years of use in the clinic, cisplatin remains a central element of many treatment regimens. Cisplatin is still an irreplaceable component of a regimen that produces high cure rates in even advanced nonseminomatous germ-cell cancers, and is widely used in the treatment of ovarian cancers and other gynecologic cancers, head and neck, and numerous other tumor types. The development of carboplatin has reduced some of the adverse events associated with cisplatin ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Series
Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
Number of Pages
398
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781493957101
SKU
V9781493957101
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