Immune-based cancer treatment : the T lymphocyte response /: the T lymphocyte response. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael A. Alexander.
• Other Names: Alexander, Michael A (Michael Allen), 1953-
• Contents: 1. Which cells control the anti-cancer T cell immune response? -- 2. Antigen presentation -- 3. T cells and cancer cells : components of immune-based anti-cancer therapy -- 4. Anti-cancer vaccines : new approaches -- 5. How and why do we get cancer and can immune-based anti-cancer therapy save us? -- 6. Immunotherapeutic approaches to the treatment of leukemia -- 7. Cancer-induced autoimmunity -- 8. Can we solve the cancer stem cell program and cure cancer using T cell-based immunotherapy? -- 9. Translational immunology and its impact on anti-cancer T cell immunity and the development of immunotherapeutic treatments for cancer -- 10. Dendritic cells, immunotherapy and the anti-cancer T cell response -- 11. Regulatory T cells, dendritic cells and the success of immunotherapeutic treatments for cancer -- 12. NK cells and their role in the development of immune-based anti-cancer therapy -- 13. How cancer cells influence the anti-cancer T cell immune response and why this is a problem during the immunotherapeutic treatment of cancer -- 14. The T cell anti-cancer response, T cell regulation, and immunotherapy of neural crest cancers -- 15. The immunological hole : will we fall in? -- 16. Summary and concluding remarks.
• Publisher Details: Enfield, N.H : Science Publishers
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 235 pages)
• Subjects: 616.994061 A377; Cancer -- Immunological aspects; T cells; Cancer -- Immunotherapy; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Cancer -- Immunological aspects; Cancer -- Immunotherapy; T cells; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439861837; 1439861838
• Related ISBNs: 9781578087037
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.
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