Immunotherapy of Renal Cell Carcinoma : Clinical and Experimental Developments

Advanced renal cell carcinoma is refractory to nearly forms of systemic therapy. For this reason the last decade has seen numerous research groups working on immunotherapeutic s trategies against it. Immunotherapy of Renal Cell Carcinoma reports the contributions of most of the worlds leading re- search groups to two international conferences on the immu- nobiology of this illness. Sixteen chapters divided in expe- rimental and clinical studies provide an overview of immuno- therapy in renal cell carcinoma and a discussion of new la- boratory approaches to this topic.