Biotherapy: A Comprehensive Overview

Designed for both the oncology nurse who is a novice in biotherapy as well as the nurse with an expertise in this area, the second edition provides a thorough understanding of the biological basis and clinical indications for biotherapeutic treatments.

Key features of this second edition include:
* Major Categories of Biological Agents has undergone extensive revision to include new approvals and new avenues of clinical research.
* Tables provide a quick overview of regulatory approvals for biological agents both within and outside of oncology.
* Expanded section on biological agents with regulatory approval that do not fall under the major agent categories, and includes immunomodulators.
* New chapters on retinoids, vaccines, and gene therapy.

• Jones and Bartlett Patient Education eBook Premier Collection( Prod-6131)
• Jones and Bartlett Learning Doody's Premier Titles Collection 2012( Prod-11685)

• Author/Editor: Rieger, Trahan Paula
• ISBN/ISSN: 9780763714284
• Specialty: Oncology
• Language:English
• Edition: 2nd
• Pages: 807
• Illustrations: 0
• Year: 2001