The role of interleukin-2 in the treatment of cancer patients
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 carcino...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1993, 1993
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1993 |
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | 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 |
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Physical Description: | X, 191 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9789401117531 |