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A comprehensive account of cancer immunity and immunotherapy, examining recent results, current areas of interest and the specific issues that are affecting the research and development of vaccines. It provides insight into how these problems may be overcome as viewed by leaders…
Tumor immunology and immunotherapy
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Patients are beginning to benefit from antibody based, cellular and vaccine approaches that are effective against genetically diverse and therapy-resistance cancers. BCG immunotherapy is now being used as a first line treatment for human bladder cancer and the introduction of pr…
Inflammation and immunity in cancer
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This book overviews cancer immunity from broad scientific fields, based on the concept that cancer is a sort of by-product of infection, inflammation, and host immune response. The innate and acquired arms of the immune system mainly participate in tumor immune surveillance, and…
Inflammation and immunity in cancer
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This book overviews cancer immunity from broad scientific fields, based on the concept that cancer is a sort of by-product of infection, inflammation, and host immune response. The innate and acquired arms of the immune system mainly participate in tumor immune surveillance, and…
Entries cover a variety of aspects of cancer such as oncology, immunology, epidemiology, gene therapy, oncogenes/tumor suppressor genes, and pharmacology. Includes advances occurring in the etiology, prevention, and treatment of cancer, from basic science to clinical application.
"Immunotherapy in Translational Cancer Research is a volume in Translational Oncology, an exciting book series that focuses on translational cancer research. Immunotherapy has become a key aspect in the treatment of a wide variety of cancers, and this book is specifically design…
"Immunotherapy in Translational Cancer Research is a volume in Translational Oncology, an exciting book series that focuses on translational cancer research. Immunotherapy has become a key aspect in the treatment of a wide variety of cancers, and this book is specifically design…
This book offers a summary and discussion of the advances of inflammation and infection in various cancers. The authors cover the classically known virus infections in cancer, novel roles of other pathogens (e.g. bacteria and fungi), as well as biomarkers for diagnosis and thera…
Tumour-associated macrophages
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Macrophages are tissue resident phagocytes that have important roles in development and immunity. The observation that cancers become infiltrated by large numbers of macrophages was first made by Virchow in 1863, clinical and experimental studies suggest tumor-associated macroph…
Now, it its second edition, this book summarizes the role of immune cells in tumor suppression and progression. It describes in detail why tumor cells can survive and spread in spite of the antitumor response of immune cells. Since immunotherapy is an attractive approach to canc…
