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Marine Compounds and Cancer

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In Western countries, cancer is among the most frequent causes of death. Despite striking advances in cancer therapy, especially by the so called “targeted agents”, there is still an urgent need for new drugs in oncology. Hope comes from the marine environment, which is a rich source of natural compounds showing anti-cancer activity. To date, four marine cytotoxic substances, namely cytarabine, trabectidine, eribulin, and monomethyl auristatin E (as a drug-antibody conjugate named vedotin) have made it into clinical routine. Many more are in all phases of clinical testing, and a plethora of substances has already been examined for in vitro and in vivo activity.

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610 MAR

Publisher

Basel : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute., 2018

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-03842-766-7

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610

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text

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computer

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online resource

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Medicine

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Penyunting, Friedemann Honecker, Sergey A. Dyshlovoy

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Khusnun

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