Cancer Biotherapy: An Introductory Guide - Softcover

 
9780198566311: Cancer Biotherapy: An Introductory Guide

Synopsis

Recent advances in biology and immunology have led to major developments in cancer therapies. Biotherapy, based on stimulating the immune system to attack cancer cells, is currently entering clinical practice. This book combines discussion of the underlying principles with strong clinical focus, highlighting clinical relevance and treatment issues.

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About the Author

David Kerr is Rhodes Professor of Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Oxford, and Director of the National Translational Cancer Research Network. He is Editor-in-Chief of OUP's journal Annals of Oncology, and is currently working in Oxford to build a new Institute for Cancer Medicine. He was awarded the CBE in 2002. Lewis Rowett is the Executive Editor of the OUP journal Annals of Oncology, Europe's leading clinical oncology journal. He has worked for the European Society for Medical Oncology since 1998. Annie Young was a biochemist prior to training as a nurse. She was instrumental in starting up a home chemotherapy and gene therapy service in Birmingham, and she is now a Nurse Director covering three counties.

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