Immunotherapy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Naing, Aung (Editor), Hajjar, Joud (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 995
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.

In the last decade, immunotherapy has revolutionized the practice of medicine in the field of oncology. This book, Immunotherapy, highlights the immunotherapeutic approaches currently in use and strategies to overcome the associated challenges. As comprehensive knowledge of basic immunology in the c...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Overview of Basic Immunology for Clinical Investigators
• 2. Interleukin-2. Old and New Approaches to Enhance Immune-Therapeutic Efficacy
• 3. Optimizing Radiotherapy with Immunotherapeutic Approaches
• 4. Harnessing the Immune System against Leukemia: Monoclonal antibodies and Checkpoint Strategies for AML
• 5. Immunotherapy in NSCLC: A Promising and Revolutionary Weapon
• 6. Immune Therapy for Sarcomas
• 7. Cancer Imaging in Immunotherapy
• 8. Adverse Events in Cancer Immunotherapy
• 9. Skin Reactions to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.