Biologic therapy of cancer /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Lippincott,
[1995]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Principles of biologic therapy of cancer
- Biology of cellular immune responses
- Biology of antibody-mediated responses
- Biology of tumor antigens
- Gene coding for tumor antigens recognized by T lymphocytes
- Tumor antigens recognized by immune cells
- Tumor antigens recognized by monoclonal antibodies
- Biology of cytokines: the interleukins
- Principles of cell killing by biologic agents
- Immunocompetence and cancer
- Biologic therapy of cancer
- Colony-stimulating factors: basic principles and preclinical studies.
- Colony-stimulating factors: clinical applications
- Granulocyte-stimulating factors
- Platelet-stimulating factors
- Erythrocyte-stimulating factors
- Macrophage-colony stimulating factors
- Biologic therapy with interleukin-2: preclinical studies
- Biologic therapy with interleukin-2: clinical applications
- Principles of administration and management of side effects
- Melanoma
- Renal cell cancer
- Other cancers
- Role of IL-4, IL-6, and IL-12 in cancer therapy
- Biologic therapy with TNF: preclinical studies.
- Biologic therapy with TNF: systemic administration and isolation-perfusion
- Biologic therapy with interferon-α and †: preclinical studies
- Biologic therapy with interferon α and †: clinical applications
- Hairy cell leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and myeloproliferative disorders
- Renal cell cancer
- Melanoma
- Kaposi's sarcoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Clinical applications of interferon in other tumors
- Biologic therapy with interferon-γ
- Combination cytokine therapy
- Cell transfer therapy: preclinical studies.
- Cell transfer therapy: clinical applications
- Monoclonal antibodies in cancer therapy
- Basic principles
- Immunotoxins and recombinant toxins
- Radioisotope conjugates
- Clinical applications of monoclonal antibodies in cancer
- B-cell lymphomas
- T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
- Melanoma
- Adenocarcinomas
- Purging of bone marrow
- Antibodies to growth factors and receptors
- Cancer vaccines: preclinical studies
- Cancer vaccines: clinical applications
- Immune adjuvants
- Whole cell vaccines
- Viral oncolysates.
- Partially purified tumor antigen vaccines
- Immunization with synthetic or highly purifed tumor antigens
- Local therapy with biologic agents
- Intralesional therapy
- Instillation therapy for bladder cancer
- Gene therapy of cancer
- Basic principles and safety considerations
- Gene therapy using lymphocyte modifications
- Gene therapy using stem cell modification
- Gene therapy using "Suicide" genes
- Gene therapy by direct gene transfer
- Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides
- Gene modification of tumors.
- Other approaches to biologic therapy
- Chemically defined immunomodulators and interferon inducers
- Levamisole
- Differentiation agents
- Tamoxifen
- Systemic activation of macrophages by liposomes containing immunomodulators
- Antimetastatic therapy
- Interaction of biologic agents with chemotherapy
- Regulatory issues related to biologic agents
- Development of biological therapeutics for oncologic use.