Steven A. Rosenberg

Rosenberg's quest to unlock the secrets of cancer began when a patient's inoperable cancer mysteriously reversed itself--and his untiring efforts finally paid in recent years he has made headlines around the world for pioneering treatments that have proven to prolong and save lives.

"Middle Class Heroes: Voices from Boston's Suburbs" is a collection of essays and articles written by Steven Rosenberg, a Boston Globe reporter and columnist. The book focuses on the impact society, economy and technology has had on people in the suburbs. The anthology is sectioned into themes that are woven into daily lives. These subjects – ranging from family to food – are listed as chapter titles, and pull together remnants of vanishing neighborhoods, professions and traditions. They are also are dispatches on work, ritual, war, fantasy, poverty, and death. Take a walk with Rosenberg, a longtime Boston journalist, at the dawn of the millennium as he finds middle class heroes at work, in neighborhoods, on beaches, in houses of worship and sleeping on the streets.

This reference on the biologic therapy of cancer provides scientific and practical information to both researchers and clinicians involved in the development and application of new cancer treatments. Major sections of the book cover: cytokines; cell transfer therapy; monoclonal antibodies; cancer vaccines; gene therapy; and antiangiogenesis therapy. Each section begins with basic principles and preclinical studies, and proceeds to clinical applications. The clinical chapters present comprehensive analyses of clinical data, emphasizing the indications for treatment and the practical guidelines necessary to safely apply these new approaches.

/ 9022980669 / Medicine / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / soft cover / 16 x 24 cm / 328 .pp /