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The Role of Interleukin-2 in the Treatment of Cancer Patients
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Recombinant human interleukin-2 became available for clinical use in the mid 1980s. Recent years have seen an enormous amount of clinical research with this cytokine and interleukin-2 has now been registered for use in a number of European countries for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. This book is designed to provide the clinical oncologist wishing to use interleukin-2 with a basic background concerning the biology of the agent, a discussion concerning practical aspects, of its clinical use including management of toxicity and an overview of the clinical results together with a description of how this internesting cytokine might be developed in the future.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISBNs :
- 9780792321644, 9789401047692, and 9789401117531
- Database :
- eBook Index
- Journal :
- The Role of Interleukin-2 in the Treatment of Cancer Patients
- Publication Type :
- eBook
- Accession number :
- 2843564