Overview
- Describes how the immune system can be harnessed to recognize and kill tumor cells
- Illustrates how current advances in immunology are being used in tumor immunotherapy
- Details the rationale and indications for tumor immunotherapy
- Discusses some of the current obstacles to successful tumor immunotherapy
- Brings together the world’s leading experts in tumor immunology
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Principles of Tumor Immunology
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Passive Immunotherapy Approaches
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About this book
"General Principles of Tumor Immunotherapy: Basic and Clinical Applications of Tumor Immunology" brings together the world’s leading authorities on tumor immunology. This book describes the basic immunology principles that form the foundation of understanding how the immune system recognizes and rejects tumor cells. The role of the innate and adaptive immune responses is discussed and the implications of these responses for the design of clinical strategies to combat cancer are illustrated through both experimental clinical trials and review of current standard of care therapeutic agents. This information will be invaluable to both students of immunology and cancer research and practicing physicians who have patients with cancer. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the field, demonstrates how advances in basic immunology can and are being applied to cancer, and describes the current status of approved immunotherapy regimens.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: General Principles of Tumor Immunotherapy
Book Subtitle: Basic and Clinical Applications of Tumor Immunology
Editors: Howard L. Kaufman, Jedd D. Wolchok
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6087-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6086-1Published: 22 October 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-8714-8Published: 18 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6087-8Published: 12 October 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 503
Topics: Cancer Research, Immunology, Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Biomedicine general
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Consumer Packaged Goods, Health & Hospitals, Pharma