Immunology for Surgeons looks at relevant immunological and molecular biological trends - these form the focus of discussion for future treatment of complex surgical disease. It tackles this difficult clinical area, explaining in particular tumor immunobiology and immunotherapy and uniquely presents the worldwide results of clinical trials. The book collates a wide international literature otherwise difficult to assimilate, combining transatlantic research, particularly in immunotherapy.Immunology for Surgeons is a must-have for the postgraduate surgical trainee and established surgeon with an interest in immunology.

An understanding of the complex workings of the immune system has become essential for all surgeons. Immune responses play a crucial part in the way human body reacts to infection and trauma. Immunology has become a rapidly expanding biological science and is providing an insight into a number of disease processes in surgical practice (e.g. sepsis, trauma, cancer).

Section I: Surgical Aspects of Immunology.- 1. Principles of Immunology.- 2. The Immunology of Trauma and Its Sequelae.- 3. The Immunology of Sepsis.- 4. Immunodeficiency and the Surgeon.- Commentary on Section I.- Section II: Transplant Immunology.- 5. Allorecognition and Tissue Typing in Organ Transplantation.- 6. Immunosupressive Therapy in Solid Organ Transplantation.- 7. Clinical Transplantation and the Immunology of Organ Rejection.- 8. The Immunology of Xenotransplantation.- Commentary on Chapter 8.- Commentary on Section II.- Section III: Principles of Tumour Immunology.- 9. Tumour Immunobiology.- 10. Immunobiology of Cancer Metastasis.- 11. The Radioimmunoscintigraphy and Radioimmunotherapy of Human Cancer: Current Concepts and Future Developments.- 12. Cell-mediated Dysregulation in Malignancy and Its Therapeutic Immunopotentiation.- 13. Colorectal Tumor Immunity.- 14. The Immunotherapy of Renal Cell Carcinoma.- 15. The Immunotherapy of Bladder Cancer.- 16. Immunotherapy of Ovarian Cancer.- 17. The Immunology and Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer.- 18. The Immunobiology of Malignant Melanoma.- Commentary on Section III.- Section IV: Immunology and the Gastrointestinal Tract.- 19. The Gastrointestinal Immune System - An Overview.- Commentary on Chapter 19.- 20. The Immunology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 21. Lymphoproliferative Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract.- Commentary on Section IV.