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Useful sites | Cancer immunotherapy – redefining vaccines

What is immunotherapy and what role does it play in cancer treatment? (The Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative, USA)

Explains immunotherapy and its use for treating cancer.
http://sarcomahelp.org/learning_center/articles/immunotherapy.html

Understanding cancer series: The immune system (US National Institutes of Health, USA)

Presents a series of graphics to help understand cancer, including cancer immunotherapy.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcancer/immunesystem

Immunotherapy (American Cancer Society)

Clearly explains the immune system and types of immunotherapy for cancer.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/eto_1_3_Immunotherapy.asp

Immunotherapy cancer treatment (Cancer Supportive Care, USA)

Provides an overview of cancer immunotherapy.
http://www.cancersupportivecare.com/immunotherapy.html

Using the immune response to attack tumors (National Center for Biotechnology Information, USA)

Provides information on using immunotherapy to treat cancer.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?highlight=immunotherapy&rid=imm.section.2184

Queensland Institute of Medical Research

• Cancer immunotherapy
  Describes Australian research into cancer immunotherapy
  http://www.qimr.edu.au/research/labs/chriss/index.html

• Dendritic cells and cancer
  Describes Australian research into the use of dendritic cells for treatment of cancer.
  http://www.qimr.edu.au/research/labs/alejl/index.html

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

• Research into telomerase (The Health Report, 2 April 2007)
  Discusses Australian research into the structure of telomerase.
  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/2007/1888419.htm

• Smart drugs (Catalyst, 26 October 2006)
  Discusses the use of monoclonal antibodies in Australia.
  http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1774083.htm

• Cancer vaccine (Catalyst, 14 October 2004)
  Reports on Australian cases of successful immunotherapy.
  http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1220020.htm

Facts and figures (Cancer Council Australia)

Provides general information and statistics on cancer in Australia.
http://www.cancer.org.au/aboutcancer/FactsFigures.htm

Monoclonal antibody technology – the basics (Access Excellence, USA)

Gives a clear overview of monoclonal antibodies.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Monoclonal_Antibody.php