Gene Therapy for Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hunt, Kelly K. (Editor), Vorburger, Stephan A. (Editor), Swisher, Stephen G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2007.
• Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Hematology.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cancer Research.

The possibility of treating cancer, a disease defined by genetic defects, by introducing genes targeting these very alterations has led to an immense interest in gene therapy for cancer. Although incremental successes have been realized, enthusiasm for gene therapy has declined due to an increasing...