The Role of Interleukin-2 in the Treatment of Cancer Patients (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789401047692)

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.

Author: J. Wagstaff
ISBN-10: 9401047693
ISBN-13: 9789401047692
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 10/29/2012
Pages: 191
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.43d