BRAF Targets in Melanoma Biological Mechanisms, Resistance, and Drug

This volume contains a collection of writings from the leaders in the fields of Molecular Biology and Melanoma Research which will begin to tell the ever-expanding story of the most recent findings, discoveries, and potential of BRAF-directed targets in m

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Cancer Drug Discovery and Development, the Springer series headed by Beverly A. Teicher, is the definitive book series in cancer research and oncology. Volumes cover the process of drug discovery, preclinical models in cancer research, specific drug target groups, and experimental and approved therapeutic agents. The volumes are current and timely, anticipating areas where experimental agents are reaching FDA approval. Each volume is edited by an expert in the field covered, and chapters are authored by renowned scientists and physicians in their fields of interest. For more information about this series, go to http://www.springer.com/series/7625

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BRAF Targets in Melanoma Biological Mechanisms, Resistance, and Drug Discovery

Editor Ryan J. Sullivan Center for Melanoma Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center Boston Massachusetts USA

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