Cytokines and Cancer

This volume provides a comprehensive review of the current knowledge on cytokines and cancer. Cytokines play a variety of roles in cancer, both as components of pathogenetic mechanisms, as well as agents used in the treatment of certain malignancies. To date, there has not been a book published that...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Platanias, Leonidas C. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
Series:Cancer Treatment and Research, 126
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Basic Science Research
  • Polypeptide Growth Factors and Their Receptors
  • Chemokines and Cancer
  • Interferons
  • Cytokines and Lymphomas
  • Pro-apototic and Anti-apoptotic Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor in Tumor Cells
  • Transforming Growth Factor Beta and Breast Cancer
  • Transforming Growth Factor Beta and Prostate Cancer
  • Angiostatin
  • Clinical and Translational Research
  • Interferons in the Treatment of Solid Tumors
  • Targeting Cytokine Receptors and Pathways in the Treatment of Breast Cancer
  • Interleukin-2 in the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma and Malignant Melanoma
  • Cytokine Targeted Treatments for Lung Cancer
  • Cytokines in the Treatment of Acute Leukemias
  • Cytokines in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Novel Cytokines in the Treatment of Malignancies.