Immunotherapy of cancer [electronic resource] : an innovative treatment comes of age / Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, editor.
2016
RC271.I45
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Title
Immunotherapy of cancer [electronic resource] : an innovative treatment comes of age / Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, editor.
ISBN
9784431550310 (electronic book)
4431550313 (electronic book)
9784431550303
4431550313 (electronic book)
9784431550303
Published
Tokyo : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 358 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-4-431-55031-0 doi
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RC271.I45
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.99/406
Summary
This timely book, published just as cancer immunotherapy comes of age, summarizes the rationale, present status, and future perspective for cancer immunotherapy. Included are explanations of the constitution of the immune system and immunocheckpoints, the mechanism of antigen presentation and recognition, valuable modalities, clinical trials and guidance, personalization, and biomarkers, all of which are essential for understanding the success of cancer immunotherapy. This innovative therapy has been investigated worldwide as the fourth line of cancer treatment after the standard treatments of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. The progress in fundamental understanding of tumor immunology and the recent advances in clinical trials have opened new avenues with a cancer vaccine in 2010 and immunocheckpoint modulation in 2011, with their approval already granted in the United States. Today, there are no doubts, even among experts in cancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy, that the immune system plays a vital role in tumor eradication. Following American approval, many clinical trials of cancer immunotherapy are being conducted. With this book the reader will readily understand the paradigm shift in cancer treatment and will realize the importance of cancer immunotherapy. The great value of immunotherapy will be obvious, not only for tumor shrinkage but for prolonging patient survival.
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