Biological and Hormonal Therapies of Cancer edited by Kenneth A. Foon, Hyman B. Muss.

This volume, Biological and Hormonal Therapies of Cancer, which is part of the series Cancer Treatment and Research, presents selected new information concerning biologic and hormonal therapy of cancer. We have attempted to provide the reader with topics of major interest in a timely fashion. There...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Foon, Kenneth A. (Editor), Muss, Hyman B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
Edition:1st ed. 1998.
Series:Cancer Treatment and Research, 94
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Interferon therapy of hematologic malignancies
  • 2. Interferon Use in Solid Tumors
  • 3. Cellular vaccine therapies for cancer
  • 4. Anti-idiotype antibody vaccine therapies of cancer
  • 5. Endocrine therapy of prostate cancer
  • 6. Endocrine therapy of endometrial cancer
  • 7. Phytochemicals for the prevention of breast and endometrial cancer
  • 8. Hormonal strategies for the prevention of breast cancer
  • 9. Ovarian ablation as adjuvant therapy for early-stage breast cancer
  • 10. The duration of adjuvant tamoxifen therapy
  • 11. Tamoxifen and the endometrium
  • 12. Hormone replacement therapy and nonhormonal control of menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors
  • 13. Endocrine therapy in metastatic breast cancer
  • 14. The regulation of estrogen receptor expression and function in human breast cancer.