Part I Classification, Opportunities and Challenges
1 Classification of Anticancer Drugs Based on Therapeutic
Targets ...................................................... 3
Enrique Espinosa and César Gómez Raposo
2 Signal Transduction Pathways as Therapeutic Targets in
Cancer Therapy .............................................. 37
Michele Milella, Ludovica Ciuffreda, and Emilio Bria
Part II Polymer-Based Anticancer Prodrugs
3 HPMA-Anticancer Drug Conjugates ............................. 87
B. Rihova, O. Hovorka, L. Kovar, M. Kovar, T. Mrkvan,
M. Sirova, V. Subr, and K. Ulbrich
4 Poly-L-Glutamic Acid Anti-cancer Drug Conjugates ........... 133
Jack W. Singer, Marc McKennon, Gabriella Pezzoni, Stefano
di Giovine, Mara Cassin, Paola de Feudis, Cecilia
Allievi, Patrizia Angiuli, Marco Natangelo, Enrico
Vezzali, and Stefano Fazioni
5 Polysaccharide-Based Anticancer Prodrugs ................... 163
Paolo Caliceti, Stefano Salmaso, and Sara Bersani
6 PEG-Anticancer Drugs ....................................... 221
Francesca Cateni and Marina Zacchigna
7 Poly(ethylene glycol)-Protein, Peptide, and Enzyme
Conjugates ................................................. 265
E.M. Veronese, G. Pasut, S. Drioli, and G.M. Bonora
Part III Lipid-Based Anticancer Prodrugs
8 Lipid-Based Anticancer Prodrugs ............................ 291
L. Harivardhan Reddy and Patrick Couvreur
Part IV Antibody-Directed Cancer Therapy
9 Antibody-Cytotoxic Compound Conjugates for Oncology ........ 331
Carol A. Vater and Victor S. Goldmacher
10 Immunoconjugate Anticancer Therapeutics .................... 371
Serengulam V. Govindan and David M. Goldenberg
11 Antibody-Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy (ADEPT) for
Cancer ..................................................... 393
Surinder К. Sharma and Kenneth D. Bagshawe
12 EGFR-Directed Monoclonal Antibodies ........................ 407
Roberto Bianco, Teresa Gelardi, Sonia Garofalo, Roberta
Rosa, and Giampaolo Tortora
13 The Biology of the HER Family and Her2/neu Directed-
Antibody Therapy ........................................... 437
Jennifer K. Litton and Gabriel N. Hortobagyi
14 Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Monoclonal
Antibodies ................................................. 465
Ernest S. Han and Bradley J. Monk
15 Monoclonal Antibody Therapy for Hematologic Malignancies ... 493
Kenneth A. Foon, Michael Boyiadzis, and Samuel A. Jacobs
Part V Anticancer Oligonucleotide Therapeutics
16 Anticancer Oligonucleotides ................................ 539
Anne Laure Ramon and Claude Malvy
Part VI Miscellaneous
17 New Molecular Therapeutic Interventions: The Case of
Breast Cancers ............................................. 571
Véronique Marsaud and Jack-Michel Renoir
Author Index .................................................. 613
Subject Index ................................................. 615
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