Immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma

• Other Authors: Greten, Tim F.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Liver > Cancer > Immunotherapy.; Immunotherapy.; Cancer > Treatment.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319649580; 9783319649573
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 267 pages) : illustrations

"Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer related death in the United States. Treatment options are limited. Viral hepatitis is one of the major risk factors for HCC, which represents a typical "inflammation-induced" cancer.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Vaccine approaches
• Spontaneous Immune responses to ablative therapies
• Antigen-specific T cell responses. Immune checkpoint inhibitors
• NASH and HCC
• Cytokine activated killer cells
• Sorafenib combination therapy
• Glypican 3
• Suppressor cells
• Cytokines in HCC pathogenesis and treatment
• Index.