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Author:   Robert K. Oldham ,  Robert O. Dillman
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   5th ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   1.904kg
ISBN:  

9789048122776

ISBN 10:   9048122775
Pages:   742
Publication Date:   10 September 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Cancer biotherapy: general principles.- The pathogenesis of cancer metastasis: relevance to therapy.- Developmental therapeutics and the design of clinical trials.- Recombinant proteins and genomics in cancer therapy.- Current concepts in immunology.- Therapeutic approaches to cancer-associated immune suppression.- Cancer vaccines.- Cytokines.- Interferons: therapy for cancer.- Monoclonal antibody therapy.- Immunotoxins.- Drug Immunoconjugates.- Targeted radionuclide therapy of cancer.- Stem cell/bone marrow transplantation as biotherapy.- Cellular immunotherapy (CI), where have we been and where are we going?.- Growth and differentiation factors as cancer therapeutics.- Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor: biology and clinical potential.- Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.- Cancer gene therapy.- Regulatory process for approval of biologicals for cancer therapy.- Cancer biotherapy: 2009 disease-related activity.- Biological therapy of melanoma.- Biological therapy of genitourinary cancer.- Biological therapy of colon cancer.- Biological therapy of breast cancer.- Biological therapy of lung cancer.- Biological therapy of B and T cell lymphoproliferative disorders.- Biological therapy of multiple myeloma.- Biological therapy of squamous cell cancers of the head and neck.- Biological therapy of glioblastoma.- Speculations for 2009 and beyond.

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