Clinical Immuno-Oncology

Dr John Niederhuber is formerly Executive Vice President of the Inova Health System; President and CEO of the Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Institute in Fairfax, Virginia; Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, Virginia; and Deputy Director of The Johns Hopkins Clinical Research Network in Baltimore, Maryland. He recently retired from these positions and remains Adjunct Professor of Oncology and Surgery at Johns Hopkins University and is also currently the lead editor of Abeloff's Clinical Oncology, 6th edition (2019). Dr Niederhuber is highly well connected and respected in the medical oncology and surgical oncology fields.

• 1. Development and Structure of the Lymphoid System2. The Chemistry, Structure, and Function of Immunoglobulins3. The Role of the Complement System in Cancer Etiology and Management4. Cancer and the Science of Innate Immunity5. Tumor Antigenicity and Cancer as Non-Self6. Tumor Immune Surveillance7. The Essential Elements of Adaptive Immunity and Their Relevance to Cancer Immunology8. Cancer-Avoiding Immune Detection9. Vaccines and Active Immunization Against Cancer10. The Major Clinical Components of Cancer Immunotherapy (Modulating Cell-Mediated Immune Mechanisms)11. The Microbiome and Cancer Immunotherapy12. The Clinical Application of Immuno-Therapeutics13. The Effect of COVID-19 on Cancer Immunotherapy and Cancer Care