Walsh & Hoyt: Biologic Response Modifiers

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Title Walsh & Hoyt: Biologic Response Modifiers
Creator Mark L. Moster, MD; Rod Foroozan, MD
Affiliation (MLM) Thomas Jefferson University; (RF) Baylor College of Medicine
Subject Neoplasms; Neoplasms, Therapy; Chemotherapy, Adverse Effects; Radiotherapy, Adverse Effects; Bone Marrow Transplantation, Adverse Effects; Biologic Response Modifiers; BCNU Retinopathy; Complications of Cancers; Neuro-ophthalmic Complications of Chemotherapy
Description Biologic response modifiers are naturally occurring compounds that physiologically control or modify biologic responses in health and disease. The processes modified by these substances include the immune system; the differentiation, proliferation, and activation of blood cells; and the responses of the body to fever and infection. Some biologic response modifiers can be used to treat cancer. Such drugs include the interferons, interleukin-2 (IL-2), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and stimulating factors such as erythropoietin, darbepoietin, granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), and granulocyte/macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Some of these substances can be produced by recombinant DNA technology and are used in higher doses than normal physiologic levels. Bortezomib (Velcade). Levamisole (ergamisol). Alemtuzumab (Campath-1H). Gemtuzamab (Mylotarg). Iodine-131 tositumomab. Rituximab. Monoclonal antibodies. Trastuzumab (Herceptin). ZD1839 (Iressa). Gleevec. SU5416.
Date 2005
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 6th Edition
Relation is Part of Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 2005. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65q84j5
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