Tumor immunology and cancer vaccines / edited by Samir N. Khleif.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Khleif, Samir
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer, ©2005.
Series:Cancer treatment and research ; v. 123.
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Table of Contents:
  • COVER
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • BASIC TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY I.
  • Antigen Processing and Presentation 1.
  • Antigen Recognition and T-Cell Biology 2.
  • Mechanisms of Tumor Evasion 3.
  • Tumor Antigens and TumorAntigen Discovery 4.
  • II. CANCER VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
  • 5. Peptide Vaccines against Cancer
  • 6. DNA Vaccination in Immunotherapy of Cancer
  • 7. Antibody Inducing Polyvalent Cancer Vaccines
  • 8. Dendritic Cell-based Vaccines for Cancer Therapy
  • 9. Undefined-antigen Vaccines
  • 10. Cancer Vaccines in Combination with Multimodality Therapy
  • III. VACCINE-ENHANCING STRATEGIES
  • 11. Cytokine Therapy for Cancer: Antigen Presentation
  • 12. Tinkering with Nature: The Tale of Optimizing Peptide Based Cancer Vaccines
  • 13. Adoptive Cellular Immunotherapy of Cancer: A three-signal paradigm for translating recent developments into improved treatment stategies
  • IV. CLINICAL TRIALS DESIGN
  • 14. Clinical Trial Designs for Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines
  • 15. Clinical Trial Design and Regulatory Issues for Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines
  • 16. Immune Monitoring.