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Cancer immunotherapy : immune suppression and tumor growth /

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"This book highlights new principles of immune suppression that drive cancer, and offers radically new ideas about how therapy can be improved by attacking these principles. It provides an overview of immune escape as a critical trait in cancer and how applying specific combinations of immunoth...

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Uniform Title:Cancer immunotherapy (Prendergast)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Prendergast, George C. (Editor), Jaffee, Elizabeth M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2013]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Cancer > Immunotherapy.
Antineoplastic agents > Therapeutic use.
Tumors > Immunological aspects.
Neoplasms > therapy
Antineoplastic Agents > therapeutic use
Immunotherapy > methods
Cancer > Immunothérapie.
Anticancéreux > Emploi en thérapeutique.
Tumeurs > Immunologie.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Cancer.
MEDICAL > Oncology.
Cancer > Immunotherapy
Antineoplastic agents > Therapeutic use
Tumors > Immunological aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"This book highlights new principles of immune suppression that drive cancer, and offers radically new ideas about how therapy can be improved by attacking these principles. It provides an overview of immune escape as a critical trait in cancer and how applying specific combinations of immunotherapy and chemotherapy to attack this trait may radically improve the treatment of advanced disease"--Publisher's description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 655 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780123946331
0123946336