Immune-based cancer treatment
Alexander, Michael A. 1953-
Immune-based cancer treatment the T lymphocyte response / [electronic resource] : Michael A. Alexander. - Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers, c2011. - xv, 235 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-232) and index.
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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781439861837 (ebook : PDF)
Cancer--Immunological aspects.
T cells.
Cancer--Immunotherapy.
Electronic books.
Immune-based cancer treatment the T lymphocyte response / [electronic resource] : Michael A. Alexander. - Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers, c2011. - xv, 235 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-232) and index.
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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781439861837 (ebook : PDF)
Cancer--Immunological aspects.
T cells.
Cancer--Immunotherapy.
Electronic books.