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Immunotherapy and Pain
Immunotherapy was initially developed as a method to treat cancer through the use of the host’s immune system. Now, immunotherapy is used as a...
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Cancer Immunotherapy Methods and Protocols
This volume details multiple areas of new and emerging methods to develop the next generation of immunotherapy treatments. Chapters guide readers...
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Introduction on Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer is a condition that has afflicted humanity for thousands of years. Cancer was first described by ancient Egyptians, and evidence of cancer has...
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Immunotherapy for Meningiomas
Systemic treatment approaches are urgently needed for a subset of meningioma patients who do not achieve local tumor control with surgery and...
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Immunotherapy of Osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma is the most prevalent bone tumor in children, adolescents, and young adults. It is considered a systemic disease with micrometastatic...
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Perspectives of Immunotherapy in Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer, a major twenty-first-century health concern, often remains asymptomatic in its early stages but can lead to urinary, pelvic, and...
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Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy
Understanding immune mechanisms in cancer and immunotherapy has made cancer diagnosis and treatment more effective. The immune system can recognize...
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Immunotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a unique cancer arising from epithelial cells of the nasopharynx. The incident rate is considerably higher in...
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Immunotherapy in Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Gastrointestinal cancers have a high incidence and mortality rate in both sexes. Today, traditional treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy,...
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Resistance to Immunotherapy in Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common and second most deadly disease in women worldwide, with breast cancer screening resulting in a steady decline in...
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Extracellular Vesicles in Cancer Immunotherapy
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanoscale vesicles that contain a repertoire of molecules representing the cell of origin. Cancer cell-derived EVs...
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Integrating Computational Approaches in Cancer Immunotherapy
Cancer immunotherapy has become recognized as a major step forward in the treatment of several types of cancer because it could allow for more...
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Pulmonary Side Effects of Immunotherapy
The effectiveness of drugs known as immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of cancer is increasingly well understood. The use of immunotherapy...
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Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is currently the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths with a high fatality rate, and is predicted to become the second...
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Synergistic Combination Immunotherapy of Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma, a highly aggressive and malignant brain tumor classified as WHO grade IV, continues to pose a significant challenge despite the current...
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Perspectives in Immunotherapy: meeting report from Immunotherapy Bridge (Naples, November 30th–December 1st, 2022)
The discovery and development of novel treatments that harness the patient’s immune system and prevent immune escape has dramatically improved...
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Nano-optogenetic CAR-T Cell Immunotherapy
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell immunotherapy emerges as an effective cancer treatment. However, significant safety concerns remain, such as...
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Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of mortality among women worldwide. Approximately 95% of breast malignancies are adenocarcinomas....
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Immunotherapy for Gynecologic Cancer
There is an emerging need for immunotherapeutic modalities that have completely different mechanisms of action from cytotoxic drugs and molecular...
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Immunotherapy for Esophageal Cancer
Locally advanced and metastatic esophageal cancers have limited treatment options. Esophageal cancer is a very aggressive disease often with bad...