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Problem solving in cancer immunotherapy / edited by Ruth, E Board, [and three others].

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Board, Ruth E., editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Oncology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford, England : EBN Health, [2019]
Summary:
Essential guide to immunotherapy for practising health professionals.
Contents:
Intro
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Dedication
Section One: Perspective
01: Immunotherapy: Past, Present and Future
02: Beyond Exhausted: Tumour Immune Checkpoints and Their Therapeutic Targets
03: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Successes and Challenges
04: Immune-Related Toxicity of Checkpoint Inhibitors
05: Predicting Response to Immunotherapy
06: Difficulties in Assessment of PD-L1 Expression
07: Radiological Assessment of Immunotherapy
08: Combination Immunotherapies: Multimodality Treatment
09: Future Vaccine Strategies in Cancer Immunotherapy
10: Genetically-Modified Cell Therapy for Solid Tumours
11: Adoptive T Cell Therapy for Haematological Malignancies
12: Tumour-Infiltrating Lymphocytes
Section Two: Case Study
01: Cytokine Release Syndrome
02: High-Dose Interleukin-2-Induced Myocarditis
03: Multiorgan Toxicity after Combination Immunotherapy in Melanoma
04: Immune-Related Endocrine Toxicity after Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
05: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Patients with Autoimmune Disease
06: A Patient with Lung Cancer Who Received an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor in the First Line Setting
07: Sinonasal Mucosal Malignant Melanoma
08: Adjuvant Immunotherapy in Metastatic Melanoma
09: Ongoing Response after Stopping Immunotherapy
10: Pneumonitis after Treatment with an Anti-PD-1 Antibody in a Patient with Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma
11: Colitis after Combination Immunotherapy in a Clinical Study of Small-Cell Lung Cancer
12: Jaundice after Pembrolizumab in a Patient with Melanoma and Brain Metastases
13: Localized Scleroderma in a Patient with Metastatic Melanoma Treated with Pembrolizumab.
14: Intracranial Melanoma Response to Combination Ipilimumab and Nivolumab
15: Delayed Response to Immunotherapy in a Patient with Acral Melanoma
16: Facial Nerve Palsy in a Patient with Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated with Nivolumab
17: Acute Kidney Injury in a Patient on Combination Immunotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma
18: Immune Pneumonitis after Immunotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma
19: A Patient with Ureteric Transitional Cell Carcinoma on Anti-PD-1 Antibody Complicated by Sarcoidosis
20: Renal Cell Carcinoma Treated with Ipilimumab and Nivolumab
21: Ocular Toxicity from Nivolumab
22: Multiple Immune-Related Toxicities in a Patient with Breast Cancer on Immune Checkpoint Inhibition and Chemotherapy
23: Oncolytic Viral Therapy: Talimogene Laherparepvec
Index
Back Cover.
Notes:
Includes index.
Description based on print version record.
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ISBN:
9781739881429
1739881427
OCLC:
1405944311

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