Biologic Therapy of Leukemia

Buch | Softcover

270 Seiten

2012 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-4684-9777-9 (ISBN)

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Exciting new "biologic" therapies for treating leukemia are appearing so rapidly that clinicians often find it difficult to make informed decisions about their use when making patient treatment decisions. Biologic Therapy of Leukemia summarizes and reviews all the available data concerning these cutting-edge biologic therapies so that practicing clinicians can make the correct patient-care choices. Here the busy physician will find in one convenient place crucial information on the uses and limitations of the major biologic therapies for leukemia, the different biologic strategies for its treatment, the management of patients being treated with such biologic agents, and the current and future role of emerging biologic agents.

I: Immunotherapy.- 1 Human Leukemia-Derived Dendritic Cells as Tools for Therapy.- 2 The Graft vs Leukemia Effect.- 3 Unconjugated Monoclonal Antibodies.- 4 Drug Immunoconjugate Therapy of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.- 5 Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibodies.- II: Cytokines.- 6 Interferons.- 7 Interleukin-2 Treatment of Acute Leukemia.- III: Targeted Therapeutics.- 8 Antisense Therapy.- 9 Signal Transduction Inhibitors.- 10 P-Glycoprotein Inhibition in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.- 11 Targeting the Apoptotic Machinery as a Potential Antileukemic Strategy.- IV: Differentiation Agents.- 12 Arsenicals: Past, Present, and Future.- 13 All-Trans-Retinoic Acid in the Treatment of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.- V: Gene Therapy.- 14 Gene Therapy.

"...provides an in depth review of the biologic approaches that are entering the treatment arena for leukemia. The authors have done an excellent job of reviewing the current state of this therapeutic approach." - Medical Oncology

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.7.2012
Reihe/Serie	Contemporary Hematology
Zusatzinfo	24 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 270 p. 24 illus.
Verlagsort	Totowa, NJ
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Hämatologie
ISBN-10	1-4684-9777-4 / 1468497774
ISBN-13	978-1-4684-9777-9 / 9781468497779
Zustand	Neuware