Immune-based Cancer Treatment (Hardcover, 1st)

Introduction Which cells control the anti-cancer T cell immune response? Antigen presentation T cells and cancer cells: Components of immune-based anti-cancer therapy Anti-cancer vaccines: New approaches How and why do we get cancer and can immune-based anti-cancer therapy save us? Immunotherapeutic approaches to the treatment of leukemia Cancer-induced autoimmunity Cancer stem cell: Can we solve the cancer stem cell program and cure cancer using T cell-based immunotherapy? Translational immunology and its impact on anti-cancer T cell immunity and the development of immuno-therapeutic treatments for cancer Dendritic cells, immunotherapy and the anti-cancer T cell response Regulatory T cells and dendritic cells and the success of immunotherapeutic treatments for cancer NK cells and their role in the development of immune-based anti-cancer therapy How cancer cells influence the anti-cancer T cell response and why this is a problem during the immunotherapeutic treatment of cancer The T cell anti-cancer response, T cell regulation and immunotherapy of neural crest cancers The immunological hole: Will we fall in? Summary and concluding remarks References