Overview
- Comprehensively describes the role of all important immune cell types in cancer
- Depicts in a structured way immune cell function in the tumor environment, progression and treatment
- Intelligibly delineates therapeutic vaccines and immunotherapies against cancer
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The tumor environment is a dynamic network that includes cancer cells, immune cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, extracellular matrix, cytokines and receptors. The aim of this book is to summarize the role of these components, especially immune cells, in tumor suppression and/or progression and describe in detail why tumor cells can survive and spread in spite of the antitumor response of immune cells. Since immunotherapy is an attractive approach to cancer therapy, this book also provides information on the two main strategies: monoclonal antibodies and adaptive T cell immunotherapy, with a focus on recent human clinical trials.
The book provides a state-of-the-art, comprehensive overview of immune cells in cancer and is an indispensable resource for scientists and medical doctors working and/or lecturing in the field of cancer research and immunology.
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Book Title: Interaction of Immune and Cancer Cells
Editors: Magdalena Klink
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1300-4
Publisher: Springer Vienna
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Wien 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7091-1964-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7091-1300-4Published: 26 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 263
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Immunology, Cancer Research, Vaccine, Cytokines and Growth Factors, Molecular Medicine