Applications of Viruses for Cancer Therapy (Volume 115) (Advances in Cancer Research, Volume 115) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123983428 ISBN 13: 9780123983428

Publisher: Academic Press, 2012

Synopsis

Advances in Cancer Research provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. This thematic volume looks at "Applications of viruses for cancer therapy". With outstanding and original reviews, this volume covers topics such as Cancer Terminator Viruses and Approaches for Enhancing Therapeutic Outcomes, esign of improved oncolytic adenoviruses, and Adenovirus-based immunotherapies for cancer.

• Provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research
• This thematic volume looks at "Applications of viruses for cancer therapy"
• Outstanding and original reviews

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Advances in Cancer Research provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. This thematic volume looks at "Applications of viruses for cancer therapy". With outstanding and original reviews, this volume covers topics such as Cancer Terminator Viruses and Approaches for Enhancing Therapeutic Outcomes, esign of improved oncolytic adenoviruses, and Adenovirus-based immunotherapies for cancer.

About the Author:

David T. Curiel, M.D., Ph.D. is the Director of the Cancer Biology Division of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Curiel graduated medical school at Emory University in 1982, where he also completed his internship and residency in Internal Medicine. Dr. Curiel’s scientific training includes tenureship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland at the Pulmonary Branch of the Heart and Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) from 1985-1989, and a fellowship in Biotechnology at the National Cancer Institute, Navy Medical Oncology Branch from 1989-1990. He received his Ph.D. from University of Groningen in The Netherlands in 2002. Dr. Curiel has been at Washington University School of Medicine since 2011. In addition to his role as Director of the Cancer Biology Division, he is Director of the Biologic Therapeutics Center.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0123983428
• ISBN 13: 9780123983428
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244
• Editor: Curiel David T., Fisher Paul