Immunotherapy in Cancer
Published on 20. September 1996
Book
Hardback
302 pages
978-0-471-96007-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a wealth of practical and readily comprehensible information on immunotherapy for physicians treating cancer patients. It details the clinical trials which have been undertaken with various immunotherapy agents, offering for each a concise explanation of its basic biological mechanisms, clinical features, and potential complications.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-96007-2 (9780471960072)
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Content
The History of Immunotherapy (M. Gore & P. Riches). Interferons (S. Fosse). Interferon-Beta and Interferon-Gamma in Cancer Therapy (S. Malik). Interleukin-2 (J. Atzpodien, et al.). Tumour Necrosis Factor (C. Boshoff & A. Jones). Recently Available Cytokines in Early Clinical Trials (IL1, IL3, IL4, IL6, IL12) (T. Eisen). Haemopoietic Growth Factors (H. Wagner, et al.). Tumour Vaccines (R. Vile, et al.). The Role of Monoclonal Antibodies in the Management of Cancer (H. Linardou & A. Epenetos). Gene Therapy (P. Patel & M. Collins). Adoptive Immunotherapy (J. Bridgewater). Practical Aspects of Delivering Cytokines (J. Moore). Index.