Tumor Targeting in Cancer Therapy

Download or read book Tumor Targeting in Cancer Therapy written by Michel Pagé and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-04-01 with total page 773 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume introduces the principles and techniques of tumor targeting and critically surveys their applications from laboratory to bedside. By concisely synthesizing the many technical details, the authors illuminate this innovative technique, ranging from the fundamentals of drug targeting and in vivo and in vitro experimentation, to such emerging therapeutic uses as radioimmunotherapy, radioimmunodetection, therapy with cytotoxic antibodies, immunotoxins, enzyme prodrug immunotherapy, and immunotherapeutics with fusion proteins.