Targeted Cancer Therapy

Small-molecule and biologic therapies against specific molecular drivers.


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Targeted Cancer Therapy addresses small-molecule and biologic therapies against specific molecular drivers. As a subfield of cancer biology, it sits within the broader biology branch of the Charted science tree and connects upward to the methodological themes of its parent area.

A more detailed frontier sourcing pass for this topic is deferred to a follow-up OpenAlex wave; the current sources include Weinberg, The Biology of Cancer, each kept as a placeholder anchor for the next iteration. See the parent topic (biology/cancer-biology) for the wider context this page will eventually slot into.

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Sources

  • textbook · primary · 2014
    The Biology of Cancer
    weinberg-2014

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