Systemic Radiotherapy with Monoclonal Antibodies
. Ed(S): Wannenmacher, M.; Sautter-Bihl, Marie-Luise; Bihl, H.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Wannenmacher, M.; Sautter-Bihl, Marie-Luise; Bihl, H. Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MJCL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 329.
Almost a century ago Paul Ehrlich introduced the "magic bullet" concept of targeting therapeutic agents to specific tissues in order to reduce systemic toxicity. Due to the advances in hybridoma technology in the 1980s, monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) with their exquisite affinity to tumor antigens have become powerful tools in the treatment of cancer, especially when linked to therapeutic agents such as radionuclides, drugs, toxins, or enzymes. It can now be expected that such agents will lead to new cancer treatments with high therapeutic success rates. However, there are major problems in developing this therapeutic concept to a routine treatment modality. ... Read more
Almost a century ago Paul Ehrlich introduced the "magic bullet" concept of targeting therapeutic agents to specific tissues in order to reduce systemic toxicity. Due to the advances in hybridoma technology in the 1980s, monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) with their exquisite affinity to tumor antigens have become powerful tools in the treatment of cancer, especially when linked to therapeutic agents such as radionuclides, drugs, toxins, or enzymes. It can now be expected that such agents will lead to new cancer treatments with high therapeutic success rates. However, there are major problems in developing this therapeutic concept to a routine treatment modality. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Series
Recent Results in Cancer Research
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642799549
SKU
V9783642799549
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Reviews for Systemic Radiotherapy with Monoclonal Antibodies
"a timely and deliberately provocative new impetus to this long overdue discussion of promising, selective cancer treatment." Jnl. of the National Cancer Institute