Targeted Therapy: Attacking Cancer with Molecular and Immunological Targeted Agents

Today, personalized cancer therapy with targeted agents has taken center stage, and offers individualized treatment to many. As the mysteries of the genes in a cell's DNA and their specific proteins are defined, advances in the understanding of cancer gene mutations and how cancer evades the im...

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Published in:Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 137 - 155
Main Author: Wilkes, Gail
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.04.2018
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Elsevier
Subjects:
Cancer
immunological
molecular
Review
targeted agents
targeted therapy
targeted therapy
targeted agents
molecular
Cancer
immunological
ISSN:2347-5625, 2349-6673
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Summary:Today, personalized cancer therapy with targeted agents has taken center stage, and offers individualized treatment to many. As the mysteries of the genes in a cell's DNA and their specific proteins are defined, advances in the understanding of cancer gene mutations and how cancer evades the immune system have been made. This article provides a basic and simplified understanding of the available (Food and Drug Administration- approved) molecularly and immunologically targeted agents in the USA. Other agents may be available in Asia, and throughout the USA and the world, many more agents are being studied. Nursing implications for drug classes are reviewed.
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ISSN:2347-5625
2349-6673
DOI:10.4103/apjon.apjon_79_17