Translational Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors
John H. Sampson
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Description for Translational Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sampson, John H. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: MJCL; MJN; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Translational Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors gives researchers and practitioners an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the field. Chapters include adoptive immunotherapy, immunosuppression, CAR therapy of brain tumors, and dendritic cell therapy for brain tumors. Very few agents have been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of malignant gliomas. Recently, there have been a number of studies demonstrating the potential success of immunotherapy for brain tumors. Immunotherapeutics are becoming the most frequent drugs to be used in cancer therapy. These new breakthroughs, now approved by the FDA, are a part of multiple phase III international trials ... Read more
Translational Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors gives researchers and practitioners an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the field. Chapters include adoptive immunotherapy, immunosuppression, CAR therapy of brain tumors, and dendritic cell therapy for brain tumors. Very few agents have been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of malignant gliomas. Recently, there have been a number of studies demonstrating the potential success of immunotherapy for brain tumors. Immunotherapeutics are becoming the most frequent drugs to be used in cancer therapy. These new breakthroughs, now approved by the FDA, are a part of multiple phase III international trials ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Academic Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
San Diego, United States
ISBN
9780128024201
SKU
V9780128024201
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About John H. Sampson
John H. Sampson, MD, PhD, MBADr. Sampson is the Robert H. and Gloria Wilkins Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery and Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery for the Duke University Medical Center. He holds a leadership role in the Duke Cancer Institute’s Neuro-Oncology Program and is a recognized leader in the surgical and experimental treatment of brain tumors with a focus ... Read more
Reviews for Translational Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors
"Despite decades of research and intense focus by some of the brightest minds in neurosurgery, real advances in the treatment of glioblastoma are elusive. As our understanding of the disease has advanced, so has the complexity of putative treatments. Immunology, let alone immune therapy, was absent from many of our senior surgeons' medical school textbooks. Yet, immunotherapy is now a ... Read more