Understanding Cancer Immunotherapy : A Guide for Students, Patients, and Caregivers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liu-Sullivan, Nancy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer--Immunotherapy.

Cancer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

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Summary:

Cancer remains a complex disease characterized by a series of irreversible mutations of critical genes. Understanding Cancer Immunotherapy: A Guide for Students, Patients, and Caregivers helps readers understand the ins and out cancer immunotherapy.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Author's Note: Found in Translation

Reader's Note

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Chronology

Introduction: Candid Cancer Talk with a Poet

Part I: The Dictionary

Chapter 1: A

AN ATLAS OF IMMUNE BIG PICTURE

ANTIBODY PLAYBOOK (1): THEME AND VARIATIONS

ANTIBODY PLAYBOOK (2): OUT OF ONE COMES MANY

ANTIBODY PLAYBOOK (3): MATCH MADE IN IMMUNE HEAVEN

ASSORTED ALLERGENS FROM SEA TO LAND

ASPIRIN CURBS EARLY COLON CANCER

ASPIRIN, WEEPING WILLOW, AND CREATIVE CHEMISTRY

Chapter 2: B

BIRDS OF A FEATHER AND FURTHERMORE

"BOY IN THE BUBBLE": THEN AND NOW

Chapter 3: C

CANCER TRICKS AND TRAPS (1): SWEET AND SOUR CRAVINGS

CANCER TRICKS AND TRAPS (2): INUNDATING IMMUNE CELLS IN AN ACIDIC POND

CANCER TRICKS AND TRAPS (3): THRIVING IN LOW OXYGEN

CANCER TRICKS AND TRAPS (4): HARD FENCES MAKE BAD TUMORS

CANCER TRICKS AND TRAPS (5): DYING TUMORS RAISE A STINK

CANCER TRICKS AND TRAPS (6): HAND CAUGHT IN COOKIE JAR

CANCER TRICKS AND TRAPS (7): A GAME OF MIA

CANCER VACCINES (1): CURBING EARLY BLADDER CANCER

CANCER VACCINES (2): PREEMPTING CERVICAL CANCER WITH HPV VACCINES

CANCER VACCINES (3): SKIN CANCER DEVOURED BY A VIRUS

CANCER VACCINES (4): PAP-A BAIT TO FISH OUT PROSTATE CANCER CELLS

CANCER VACCINES (5): THE ROAD TO LIVER CANCER JAMMED

CANCER VACCINES (6): IMMUNE WRITING STENTORIAN FROM THE MESSENGER

CAR-T THERAPY (1): MAKE IMMUNE DOGS HUNT

CAR-T THERAPY (2): A PHILADELPHIA STORY

CAR-T THERAPY (3): FIVE GENERATIONS AND EVOLVING

CAR-T THERAPY (4): KYMRIAH

CAR-T THERAPY (5): YESCARTA

CAR-T THERAPY (6): TECARTUS

CAR-T THERAPY (7): BREYANZI

CAR-T THERAPY (8): ABECMA

CAR-T THERAPY (9): CARVYKTI

CAR-T THERAPY (10): A WHITE-KNUCKLE RIDE

COLD CAPPING, ELEGANT AND COOL!.

COLEY'S CANCER TOXIN

COLORS OF CANCER

CRAB: THE NAME TELLS A VIVID TALE

CRISPR/Cas9 QUARTET (1): GPS-GUIDED MOLECULAR SCISSORS

CRISPR/Cas9 QUARTET (2): SILENCING A CRITICAL GENE TO CURE SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

CRISPR/Cas9 QUARTET (3): PIG DONOR HEART FOR HUMAN

CRISPR/Cas9 QUARTET (4): ENTERING THE ARENA OF GENE EDITING ETHICS

Chapter 4: D

DON QUIXOTE MOMENT OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

Corticosteroids Suppression Effects

Chapter 5: E

EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO GOOD ORAL BACTERIA BY RADIOTHERAPY

Chapter 6: F

FAMILY TREE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD CANCERS

FEVER: TO SUPPRESS IT OR LET IT BE

Chapter 7: G

GINGER TALK

Chapter 8: H

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!

Chapter 9: I

IMAGINE! FRED'S TEAM, JOEY'S WINGS, BAILEY'S WARRIORS, AND EMILY WHITEHEAD FOUNDATION

"-ITIS" AND INFLAMMATION

Chapter 10: J

JAMES ALLISON: AN INDEFATIGABLE TRAVELER

JILL O'DONNELL-TORMEY: THE CHOICE THAT MADE A TRANSFORMATIONAL DIFFERENCE

Chapter 11: K

KATALIN KARIKÓ: LOST FUNDING, GOT CANCER, BUT BEAT BOTH

Chapter 12: L

LES TROIS PIONEERS OF MODERN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY (1): MICHEL SADELAIN

LES TROIS PIONEERS OF MODERN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY (2): CARL JUNE

LES TROIS PIONEERS OF MODERN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY (3): STEVEN A. ROSENBERG

LET THEM EAT CAKE: ON CANCER CARE DISPARITY

LURKING CARCINOGENS IN CIABATTA AND RYE

Chapter 13: M

MILANO, OSSO BUCO, AND IMMUNE POWER

Chapter 14: N

NODES THAT CHANNEL LYMPH: STRONGHOLDS OF TRUSTED IMMUNE RADARS

Chapter 15: O

"OPEN SESAME" AND THE IMMUNE SECRET CODE

Chapter 16: P

P53 PENTALOGY (1): ELEPHANT'S GUARDIAN ANGEL

P53 PENTALOGY (2): A GENE OF MANY HATS

P53 PENTALOGY (3): INTIMATE IMMUNE CONNECTIONS

P53 PENTALOGY (4): DECODING THE APAF1 ENIGMA IN MELANOMA

P53 PENTALOGY (5): MEETING THE NEMESIS

Chapter 17: Q.

QUIRKY SILHOUETTE ON THE WALL AND MUCH MORE

Chapter 18: R

RADIATION AND CANCER (1): EDISON'S NAIVETY AND MANKIND'S LESSON

RADIATION AND CANCER (2): SPLENDID RAYS AND SKIN CANCER

RADIATION AND CANCER (3): INDELIBLE AUGUST OF 1945

RADIATION AND CANCER (4): PANTHEON'S ETERNAL COUPLE

RADIATION &amp

CANCER (5): A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

RHAPSODY OF RAS (1): THE BIG BEGUILING MOLECULAR WOLF

RHAPSODY OF RAS (2): IN THE EYE OF CANCER STORM

RHAPSODY OF RAS (3): HOOKED, FINALLY!

RISK REDUCTION OF CANCER PENTALOGY (1): SUCCESS IS THE GRAND SUM OF SMALL STEADY STEPS

RISK REDUCTION OF CANCER PENTALOGY (2): COAL TAR, CANCER, AND THE MYSTERIOUS LINK

RISK REDUCTION OF CANCER PENTALOGY (3): WINTER, ALASKA, AND RADON GAS

RISK REDUCTION OF CANCER PENTALOGY (4): RED MEAT AND HIGH FLAMES DO NOT MIX

RISK REDUCTION OF CANCER PENTALOGY (5): MILLION DOLLAR SMILE

RENOWNED NOBEL WITH A SUGAR TWIST

"RUBY RED DEVIL" RUINS CANCER DNA

Chapter 19: S

SELF OR NON-SELF: A TOUGH IMMUNE QUESTION!

SPONTANEOUS TUMOR REMISSION: A FEVERISH CONNECTION

SUGAR SONATA AND TUMOR TAG

Chapter 20: T

T CELL PENTALOGY (1): AUDITION BITE TEST

T CELL PENTALOGY (2): A TALE OF TWO TANGOS

T CELL PENTALOGY (3): SEE HOW THEY ROLL!

T CELL PENTALOGY (4): THE DEATH PUNCH

T CELL PENTALOGY (5): A BUG TO REMEMBER

TEARS: LET THEM STREAM DOWN THY CHEEKS

THE "OLD" MAN AND THE VACCINE

THERANOS: THE FIRST BLOOD THAT NEVER WAS

Chapter 21: U

URANIUM ROCKED STATEN ISLAND

Chapter 22: V

VICTORY LAP PROUD YET HUMBLE

Chapter 23: W

WATER: BLISSFUL JOY

ELEGANTLY DESTROY

WONDERFUL LAND OF MILK, HONEY AND BEYOND

WONDROUS POISON AGAINST LEUKEMIA

Chapter 24: X

X: ENTERING DOMAINS OF CANCER UNKNOWNS

Chapter 25: Y

YALOW: PRIDE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK!

Chapter 26: Z.

ZENITH OF SUCCESS NOT DEFINED BY A PRIZE

ZOOMING IN ON TUMOR: BENIGN VERSUS MALIGNANT

ZOOMING OUT ON HOW CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY SHAPES EFFECTIVE TEACHING: AN EPILOGUE

Welcome to Cancer Jeopardy in Memory of Alex Trebeck

Cancer Jeopardy Answers

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

ISBN:

979-88-8184-285-7

979-88-8185-550-5

OCLC:

1569120855