The Basics of Cancer Immunotherapy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dong, Haidong (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Markovic, Svetomir N. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Medicine .; Health.; Immunology.; Cancer research.; Popular Science in Medicine and Health.; Cancer Research.

This book provides patients and their physicians (especially "non-oncologist" health care providers) with a clear and concise introduction to cancer immunotherapy, which, unlike traditional forms of cancer therapy, acts by boosting the patient's own immune system to fight cancer. The...

Table of Contents:

• The Basic Concepts in Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
• Therapeutic Targets of FDA-approved Immunotherapies in Oncology
• Melanoma Immunotherapy
• Significance of Immune Checkpoints in Lung Cancer
• Immunotherapy for Genitourinary Cancers
• Next-generation Immunotherapy in Lymphoma Immunotherapy
• Combined Immunothepary with Conventional Cancer Treatment
• Immunotherapy for Other Malignancies
• Management of Immune-related Adverse Events from Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
• Resources for Patients.