Treating Cancer with Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy /

Treating Cancer with Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy / / David A. Olle.

Treating cancer has always been a major challenge. Although great strides in treatment have taken place in recent years, all too often current treatments are less than effective, or patients relapse. Newer methods of cancer treatment, namely targeted therapy and immunotherapy have generated great ex...

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Olle, David A.,
Place / Publishing House:Dulles, VA : : Mercury Learning and Information, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:MyModernHealth FAQs
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Preface to the Second Edition --   |t Introduction --   |t PART ONE Cancer Basics --   |t Cancer Basics. Introduction --   |t CHAPTER 1 Characteristics of Cancer --   |t CHAPTER 2 Why Genes are Important in Understanding Cancer --   |t CHAPTER 3 Why the Cell Cycle and Cell Signaling Are Important for Cancer Development --   |t CHAPTER 4 The Process of Cancer Development --   |t CHAPTER 5 Diagnosis of Cancer --   |t CHAPTER 6 Classification of Cancers --   |t PART TWO Standard Methods of Cancer Treatment --   |t Standard Methods of Cancer Treatment. Introduction --   |t CHAPTER 7 Surgery --   |t CHAPTER 8 Chemotherapy --   |t CHAPTER 9 Radiotherapy --   |t CHAPTER 10 Hormone Therapy --   |t CHAPTER 11 Additional Therapies --   |t PART THREE Targeted Cancer Therapy --   |t Targeted Cancer Therapy. Introduction --   |t CHAPTER 12 Development of Targeted Therapy --   |t CHAPTER 13 Limitations of Targeted Therapies --   |t PART FOUR Immunotherapy --   |t Immunotherapy. Introduction --   |t CHAPTER 14 The Immune System as It Relates to Cancer --   |t CHAPTER 15 Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors --   |t CHAPTER 16 Cancer Vaccines --   |t CHAPTER 17 Adoptive Cell Therapy --   |t CHAPTER 18 New Developments in Cancer Immunotherapy --   |t References --   |t Index 
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