The breakthrough : immunotherapy and the race to cure cancer / Charles Graeber.
The breakthrough : immunotherapy and the race to cure cancer / Charles Graeber.
The breakthrough : immunotherapy and the race to cure cancer / Charles Graeber.
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Publisher
New York : Twelve, 2018.
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G 2018/6735
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Language
English
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Physical content
302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Patient 101006 JDS -- A simple idea -- Glimmers in the darkness -- Eureka, Texas -- The three E's -- Tempting fate -- The chimera -- After the gold rush -- It's time -- Appendix A: Types of immunotherapies now and upcoming -- Appendix B: The breakthrough, in brief -- Appendix C: A brief anecdotal hi...
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Publisher
New York : Twelve, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
Draws on the experiences of patients, physicians, and researchers to explain the revolutionary development of immunotherapy as a treatment for cancer and how that information is being harnessed to create more effective patient therapies.
"For decades, scientists have puzzled over one of medicine's most confounding mysteries: Why doesn't our immune system recognize and fight cancer the way it does other diseases, like the common cold? As it turns out, the answer to that question can be traced to a series of tricks that cancer has developed to turn off normal immune responses--trick...
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The breakthrough : immunotherapy and the race to cure cancer / Charles Graeber.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 227-288) and index.
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G 2018/6735
Record Identifier
74VKVQBkW4N3
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ISBN
1455568503 (hardcover)
9781455568505 (hardcover)
DDC
616.994061
MMS ID
991024199704102626
