Gene Therapy of Cancer

"A wide variety of methods used to deliver genes to tumors are discussed, as are the type of genes used. This includes tumor vaccination, suicide genes, antisense genes, ribozymes, etc. The unique aspect of this book is the translational approach of explaining laboratory techniques as well as the application to patients...This book is well written and a translational resource for those interested in the rapidly advancing and novel field of gene therapy for malignancies."-Doody's Health Science Book Review Journal

• Experimental Approaces To Cancer Gene Therapy.- Immunizing Potential of Cytokine-Transduced Tumor Cells.- Particle-Mediated Gene Transfer into Dendritic Cells.- Cancer Gene Therapy With Heat Shock Protein-65 Gene.- Recombinant Vaccinia Virus MVA for Generation and Analysis of T Cell Responses Against Tumor Associated Antigens.- Experimental Approaces To Cancer Gene Therapy.- Selection of Cytochrome P450 Genes for Use in Prodrug Activation-Based Cancer Gene Therapy.- Construction of P450-Expressing Tumor Cell Lines Using Retroviruses.- 7 In Vitro Methods for Evaluation of P450-Based Anticancer Gene Therapy.- 8 Tumor Models for Evaluation of P450 Gene Therapy In Vivo.- Experimental Approaces To Cancer Gene Therapy.- 9 Intracellular Single-Chain Antibodies for Gene Therapy.- Combined Adenoviral Transfer of Tumor Suppressor and Cell-Cycle Genes for Tumor-Cell Apoptosis.- Experimental Approaces To Cancer Gene Therapy.- Inhibition of Cell Growth by Antisense Oligonucleotides Targeting the Growth-Related Protein Kinase c-raf.- IGF-1 Antisense Strategies for Cancer Treatment.- Experimental Approaces To Cancer Gene Therapy.- Anti-MDR1 Ribozyme Gene Therapy.- Anti-c-erb1B2 Ribozyme for Gene Therapy of Breast Cancer.- Anti-K-ras1 Ribozyme Adenoviral Vector for Gene Therapy of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.- Experimental Approaces To Cancer Gene Therapy.- Green Fluorescent Protein Retroviral Vector.- HSV-1 Vectors for Gene Therapy of Experimental CNS Tumors.- Intratumoral Injection of Naked DNA.- Cationic Liposome Gene Transfer.- In Vivo Particle-Mediated Gene Transfer for Cancer Therapy.- Gene Targeting to Hepatomas (AFP).- Adenovirus-Mediated Targeted Gene Therapy for Breast Cancer and for Purging Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Sources.- Chemotherapy-Inducible Vector for Gene Therapy of Cancer.- Experimental Approaces To Cancer Gene Therapy.- Oncolytic Adenoviral Vectors.- Genetically Modified Clostridium for Gene Therapy of Tumors.- Tumor-Targeted Salmonella: Strain Development and Expression of the HSV-tK Effector Gene.- Clinical Protocols for Cancer Gene Therapy.- Ex Vivo Cytokine Gene Transfer in Melanomas by Using Particle Bombardment.- Intratumoral Gene Transfer of the HLA-B7 Gene Into Colon Carcinoma Metastases.- Hybrid Cell Vaccination in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma.- Clinical Protocols for Cancer Gene Therapy.- Retroviral Transfer of the Herpes Simplex Virus-Thymidine Kinase (HSV-tK) Gene for the Treatment of Cancer.- Gene Therapy for Treatment of Brain Tumors (HSV-tKIn Vivo Gene Transfer).- Gene Therapy of Glioblastoma Multiforme with a Bicistronic Retroviral Vector Expressing Human IL-2 and HSV-tK.- Intratumoral Gene Transfer of the Cytosine Deaminase Gene for the Treatment of Breast Cancer.- Clinical Protocols for Cancer Gene Therapy.- Adenovirus-Mediated Wild-Type p53 Gene Transfer into Head and Neck Cancers.- Direct DNA Injection (p53) into HCC Tumors.- A Phase II Trial of Intratumoral Injection with a Selectively Replicating Adenovirus (ONYX-015) in Patients with Recurrent, Refractory Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck.- Clinical Protocols for Cancer Gene Therapy.- c-myb Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapeutics for Hematologic Malignancies.- Ovarian Cancer Gene Therapy with BRCA1—An Overview.- Methods for Chemoprotection and Chemosensitization.