Cancer gene therapy /

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Imprint:Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2005.
Description:xii, 489 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Contemporary cancer research
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5528903
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Other authors / contributors:Curiel, David.
Douglas, Joanne T.
ISBN:1588292134 (alk. paper)
1592597858 (e-isbn)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • 1. Cancer Gene Therapy: Historical Perspective
  • 2. The Genetic Basis of Cancer
  • 3. Tumor Suppressor Gene Replacement for Cancer
  • 4. Antisense Technology
  • 5. Cancer Therapeutic Applications of Ribozymes and RNAi
  • 6. Fusogeneic Membrane Glycoproteins for Cancer Gene Therapy: A Better Class of Killer
  • 7. Suicide Gene Therapy
  • 8. Molecular Chemotherapy Approaches
  • 9. Genetic Immunotherapy Approaches
  • 10. Immunotherapy of Cancer by Dendritic Cell-Targeted Gene Transfer
  • 11. Dendritic Cells
  • 12. Polynucleotide Immunization for Cancer Therapy
  • 13. Development of Oncolytic Replication-Competent Herpes Simplex Virus Vectors: The G207 Paradigm
  • 14. Development of Oncolytic Adenoviruses: From the Lab Bench to the Bedside
  • 15. Conditionally Replicating Adenoviruses for Cancer Treatment
  • 16. Reovirus as an Oncolytic Agent
  • 17. Antiangiogenic Gene Therapy of Cancer
  • 18. Proapoptotic Strategy in Cancer Gene Therapy
  • 19. Antimetastasis
  • 20. Antimetastatic Gene Therapy: Prostate Cancer Theory to Therapy
  • 21. Drug Resistance Gene Transfer as an Antitumor Strategy
  • 22. Chemosensitization
  • 23. Radiosensitization by Gene Therapy
  • 24. Nonviral Vector Systems for Cancer Gene Therapy
  • 25. Viral Vectors for Cancer Gene Therapy
  • 26. Bacterial Systems for Tumor-Specific Gene Therapy
  • 27. Molecular Imaging of Cancer Gene Therapy
  • 28. Cancer-Related Gene Therapy Clinical Trials
  • 29. Regulatory Aspects in the Development of Gene Therapies
  • Index