Abstract
This monograph contains a series of papers which address past and current aspects as well as recent advances in tumour therapy with antimetabolites. Almost half a century has elapsed since Farber published the demonstration of efficacy of aminopterin in childhood acute leukaemia. Maybe antimetabolites should be called the “aspirin” of oncology, as they share a long-standing history and are continuously rediscovered as a class of agents.
Keywords
These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1994 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Aapro, M.S. (1994). Introduction. In: Aapro, M.S. (eds) Innovative Antimetabolites in Solid Tumours. ESO Monographs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79200-7_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79200-7_1
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-79202-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-79200-7
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive