Editors:
- Aimed specifically at cancer patients to serve as a resource when seeking immunotherapy as a treatment option
- Detailed focus on various cancers provides disease-specific insights in applying immunotherapy to each disease
- Provides direct clinical evidence based on clinical studies and observations to address the risks and benefits of cancer immunotherapy
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book provides patients and their physicians (especially “non-oncologist” health care providers) with a clear and concise introduction to cancer immunotherapy, which, unlike traditional forms of cancer therapy, acts by boosting the patient’s own immune system to fight cancer. The unique features of cancer immunotherapy make its management, monitoring and side-effects different from those of traditional cancer therapy. Especially novel are the side effects of cancer immunotherapy, necessitating greater awareness for both patients and physicians in order to minimize complications of therapy.
The patient-friendly, concise, easy-to-understand, and up-to-date knowledge presented in this book will inform patients about the benefits and risks of cancer immunotherapy, and help them and their care providers to understand how immunotherapy would control their unique disease. Researchers and academic professionals in the field of cancer immunotherapy will also find clear and usefulinformation to help them communicate with patients or address unresolved problems. Some key features of the book are:Expertise. All editors and authors are scientists and oncologists specializing in cancer immunotherapy, and are involved in scientific discovery from the early stage of immune-checkpoint inhibitors to today’s daily patient care. Their insights, expertise and experience guarantee the high quality and authority in the science, medicine and practice of cancer immunotherapy.
Patient-friendly. This book is written for cancer patients in order to meet their needs when considering immunotherapy. As an educational tool, this book will help the reader balance the risks and benefits based on both science and clinical facts, and therefore to make the best choice in receiving or withdrawing from immunotherapy.
Disease Specificity. Cancer is a complicated disease involving multiple stages and pathology.Its response to immunotherapy is individualized and varies depending on cancer types. The authors’ expertise in treating different types of cancers, including melanoma, lung, kidney, bladder, and lymphoma, provides disease-specific insights in applying immunotherapy to each disease.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Urology, Department of Immunology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
Haidong Dong
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Department of Oncology, Department of Medicine/Division of Hematology, Department of Immunology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
Svetomir N. Markovic
About the editors
Haidong Dong is a tumor immunologist who co-discovered B7-H1 (PD-L1) in 1998 at the Mayo Clinic, USA. His research is on mechanisms of cancer immunity and developments of cancer immunotherapy.
Svetomir Markovic is a medical oncologist and physician scientist at the Mayo Clinic who specializes in the care of patients with metastatic melanoma. His research is focused on melanoma immune biology and immunotherapy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Basics of Cancer Immunotherapy
Editors: Haidong Dong, Svetomir N. Markovic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70622-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70621-4Published: 12 January 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70622-1Published: 05 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 160
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Medicine and Health, Immunology, Cancer Research