Immunology for Surgeons [Paperback]

An understanding of the complex workings of the immune system is essential for all surgeons. Immune responses play a crucial part in the way human body reacts to infection and trauma. Immunology for Surgeons contains a high-level discussion of this difficult clinical area. The text looks at tumor immunobiology and immunotherapy as well as the worldwide results of various clinical trials. The topics discussed focus on relevant immunological and molecular biological trends for future treatment of complex surgical disease. The main objective of the text is to render a difficult area accessible for the postgraduate surgical trainee and established surgeon who is interested in immunology.Immunology for Surgeons looks at relevant immunological and molecular biological trends - these form the focus of discussion for future treatment of complex surgical disease. It tackles this difficult clinical area, explaining in particular tumor immunobiology and immunotherapy and uniquely presents the worldwide results of clinical trials. The book collates a wide international literature otherwise difficult to assimilate, combining transatlantic research, particularly in immunotherapy.
Immunology for Surgeons is a must-have for the postgraduate surgical trainee and established surgeon with an interest in immunology.ForewordSECTION 1. SURGICAL ASPECTS OF IMMUNOLOGY1. Principles of Immunology2.The Immunology of Trauma and Its Sequelae3.The Immunology of Sepsis4. Immunodeficiency and the SurgeonEditorial OverviewSECTION 2. TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY5. Allorecognition and Tissue Typing in Organ Transplantation6. Immunosuppressive Therapy in Solid Organ Transplantation7. Clinical Transplantation and the Immunology of Organ Rejection8. The Immunology of Xenotransplantation?Commentary?Editorial OverviewSECTION 3. PRINCIPLES OF TUMOUR IMMUNOLOGY9. Tumour Immunobiology10. Immunobiology of Cancer Metastasis11. Radioimmunoscintigraphy and Radioimmunli