This third edition of Medicinal Chemistry of Anticancer Drugs,
provides an updated resource for students and researchers from the point
of view of medicinal chemistry and drug design, focusing on the
mechanism of action of antitumor drugs from the molecular level, and on
the relationship between chemical structure and chemical and biochemical
reactivity of antitumor agents.
Antitumor chemotherapy is a very active field of research, and a huge
amount of information on the topic is generated every year. This new
edition includes updated sections on the hot topic of cancer
immunotherapy, cancer polypharmacology, multitargeted cancer therapy,
medicinal chemistry of cancer diagnosis, theranostic anticancer agents,
and pre-mRNA processing in cancer. Although many books are available
that deal with clinical aspects of cancer chemotherapy, this book
provides a unique and valuable perspective from the point of view of
medicinal chemistry and drug design. It will be useful to undergraduate
and postgraduate students of medicinal chemistry, pharmacology,
biological chemistry, pharmacy and other health sciences. Researchers
and practitioners will find a comprehensive treatment of the topic and a
large number of references to reviews and the primary literature.
