Treating Cancer with Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy
Volume in the series
Publisher:Mercury Learning and Information
Paid access
|Apr 2022
Table of contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Cancer Basics. Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Characteristics of Cancer
CHAPTER 2 Why Genes are Important in Understanding Cancer
CHAPTER 3 Why the Cell Cycle and Cell Signaling Are Important for Cancer Development
CHAPTER 4 The Process of Cancer Development
CHAPTER 5 Diagnosis of Cancer
CHAPTER 6 Classification of Cancers
Standard Methods of Cancer Treatment. Introduction
CHAPTER 7 Surgery
CHAPTER 8 Chemotherapy
CHAPTER 9 Radiotherapy
CHAPTER 10 Hormone Therapy
CHAPTER 11 Additional Therapies
Targeted Cancer Therapy. Introduction
CHAPTER 12 Development of Targeted Therapy
CHAPTER 13 Limitations of Targeted Therapies
Immunotherapy. Introduction
CHAPTER 14 The Immune System as It Relates to Cancer
CHAPTER 15 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
CHAPTER 16 Cancer Vaccines
CHAPTER 17 Adoptive Cell Therapy
CHAPTER 18 New Developments in Cancer Immunotherapy
References
Index
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PDF ISBN: 978-1-68392-753-2 | E-Pub ISBN: 978-1-68392-752-5 | Paperback ISBN: 978-1-68392-754-9 | DOI: 10.1515/9781683927532
Publisher: Mercury Learning and Information
Copyright owner: © 2022 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
Publication date: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 150
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