Cancer Therapy: Monoclonal Antibodies, Lymphokines New Developments in Surgical Oncology and Chemo- and Hormonal Therapy

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Immunochemotherapy of Cancer: A Perspective....Pages 3-9
Quantitative Considerations Supporting the Irrelevance of Circulating Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen for the Immunoscintigraphic Visualization of Carcinoembryonic Antigen-Expressing Carcinomas....Pages 10-17
Radioimmunotherapy with Iodine 131-Labelled Antibodies in Ovarian, Colonic and Brain Tumours....Pages 18-26
Radioimmunodetection and Radioimmunotherapy in Myosarcoma....Pages 27-31
Immunotherapy of Pancreatic Cancer with Monoclonal Antibody BW 494: Results from a Multicentric Phase I–II Trial....Pages 32-41
Mab 17-1A Used for Therapy of Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Carcinomas....Pages 42-50
Immunotherapy of Malignant Melanomas....Pages 51-55
Interaction of Monoclonal Antibodies with Biological Response Modifiers and Cytostatics....Pages 56-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Cancer Treatment with Cytokines: Concepts and First Clinical Experience....Pages 73-84
Low-dose Cyclophosphamide and IL-2 in the Treatment of Advanced Melanoma....Pages 85-89
Application of Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in Patients with Malignant Hematological Diseases....Pages 90-95
Enhancement of Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation with Recombinant Human Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (rhGM-CSF)....Pages 96-102
A Phase Ib Evaluation of Recombinant Human Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor....Pages 103-111
The Role of Interferon in the Management of Patients with Hairy Cell Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma....Pages 112-123
Possible Mechanism of Interferon Action in Hairy Cell Leukemia....Pages 124-131
Tumor Vaccination in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer....Pages 132-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
New Developments in Surgical Oncology....Pages 143-153
Cancer Surgery — Conservative or Radical?....Pages 154-162
Regional Chemotherapy of the Liver and Hepatic Artery Occlusion....Pages 163-168
Regional Chemotherapy of Hepatic Metastases....Pages 169-175
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Regional Chemotherapy in Hepatic Metastases of Colorectal Carcinoma: Continuous Intra-arterial Versus Continuous Intra-arterial/Intravenous Therapy....Pages 176-189
Isolated Regional Hyperthermal Liver Perfusion: Indications, Technique and Results....Pages 190-200
Chemoembolization of Liver Tumors....Pages 201-215
New Cancer Treatment with Lasers — Photodynamic Therapy and Interstitial Hyperthermia....Pages 216-222
Specificity, Kinetics, and Distribution of Monoclonal Antibodies to Carcinoembryonic Antigen in Human Colorectal Carcinoma by Ex Vivo Human Tumor Perfusion....Pages 223-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Chemotherapy: Benefits and Limits....Pages 235-242
The Human Tumor Clonogenic Assay for the Prediction of Tumor Sensitivity....Pages 243-248
Chemosensitivity — Directed Regional Chemotherapy of Liver Metastases....Pages 249-258
Clinical Development of New Anthracyclines....Pages 259-262
First Clinical Experience with Cytorhodin S — The First Compound of a New Class of Anthracyclines....Pages 263-269
Pirarubicin: A New Drug in the Treatment of Malignant Diseases....Pages 270-279
Pirarubicin — A New Anthracycline with High Activity in Untreated Patients with Small-Cell Cancer of the Lung....Pages 280-283
New Approaches in the Hormonal Therapy of Breast Cancer....Pages 284-291
Reproductive Toxicity with and Without Administration of Luteinizing-Hormone-Releasing Hormone Agonist During Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Germ Cell Tumors....Pages 292-302
Back Matter....Pages 303-308