Immune-based cancer treatment : the T lymphocyte response
by
Alexander, Michael A. (Michael Allen), 1953, author.
Title
:
Immune-based cancer treatment : the T lymphocyte response
Author
:
Alexander, Michael A. (Michael Allen), 1953, author.
ISBN
:
9780429063220
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (xv, 235 pages)
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.
Subject Term
:
Cancer -- Immunological aspects.
Cancer -- Immunotherapy.
T cells.
Electronic Access
:
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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| Online Library | E-Book | 537114-1001 | RC268.3 .A435 2011 | | CRC E-Books |