Overview of Immunotherapies for Prostate Cancer
For an overview of 3 main types of immunotherapies, or therapeutic vaccines, irials for prostate cancer see Round Table meeting held on April 1, 2005 in Boston, Massachusetts. This meeting was paid for by Cell Genesys. Contents (with charts and explanatory cartoons):
FUNDAMENTALS OF TUMOR IMMUNOLOGY
RELEVANT TO PROSTATE CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY
Charles G. Drake, MD, PhD
The Sidney Kimmell Comprehensive Cancer Center Johns Hopkins Medical Center
POXVIRUS VACCINES
Robert S. DiPaola, MD
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
TUMOR CELL VACCINES
Jonathan Simons, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
DENDRITIC CELL VACCINES
Johannes Vieweg, MD
Duke University Medical Center