Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Prognostic Factors and Targets /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Quesenberry, Peter J. (Editor), Castillo, Jorge J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Cancer Drug Discovery and Development
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Toxicology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5851-7

Recent developments in the therapy of non-Hodgkin lymphoma have improved response and survival rates in patients with these conditions. This book is focused on the biology, prognostic factors and novel targets of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. We believe that understanding the pathophysiology of non-Hodgkin...

Table of Contents:

• Cancer Stem Cells: A Matter of Perspective
• B and T-cell development
• HIV lymphomagenesis
• Epstein-Barr Virus Lymphomagenesis and Therapeutic Targets
• Antigen driven lymphomagenesis
• Pre-clinical lymphoma models
• Prognostic factors in B-cell lymphoma
• Prognostic factors in T-cell lymphoma
• Prognostic factors in HIV-associated lymphoma
• Future directions on the treatment of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• New monoclonal antibodies for indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas
• Current therapies for T-cell lymphoma
• Stem Cell Transplantation for lymphoma
• Autologous stem cell transplantation in non-Hodgkin lymphoma
• The role of Stem Cell Transplantation for HIV-associated lymphoma
• Stem Cell Transplantation for T-cell lymphoma
• Index.