Immunology for Surgeons

ForewordSECTION 1. SURGICAL ASPECTS OF IMMUNOLOGY1. Principles of Immunology2.The Immunology of Trauma and Its Sequelae3.The Immunology of Sepsis4. Immunodeficiency and the SurgeonEditorial OverviewSECTION 2. TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY5. Allorecognition and Tissue Typing in Organ Transplantation6. Immunosuppressive Therapy in Solid Organ Transplantation7. Clinical Transplantation and the Immunology of Organ Rejection8. The Immunology of XenotransplantationÄCommentaryÜEditorial OverviewSECTION 3. PRINCIPLES OF TUMOUR IMMUNOLOGY9. Tumour Immunobiology10. Immunobiology of Cancer Metastasis11. Radioimmunoscintigraphy and Radioimmunotherapy of Human Cancer:Current Concepts and Future Developments12. Cell-mediated Dysregulation in Malignancy and its TherapeuticImmunopotentiation13. Colorectal Tumor Immunity14. The Immunotherapy of Renal Cell Carcionoma15. The Immunotherapy of Bladder Cancer16. The Immunotherapy of Ovarian Cancer17. The Immunology and Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer18. Immunotherapeutic Strategies in Malignant MelanomaEditorial OverviewSECTION 4. IMMUNOLOGY AND THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT19. The Gastrointestinal Immune System -a) An overviewb) Mucosal Immunology - commentary20. The Immunology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease21. Lymphoproliferative Diseases of the Gastrointestinal TractEditorial Overview

Andrew P. Zbar, MB BS, FRCS (Ed.), FRCS (Gen.), FRACS, FCCS Professor of General and Colorectal Surgery Queen Elizabeth Hospital Barbados 2002-PRESENT. Trained in Australia in General Surgery 1978-1993. Postgraduate colorectal work in anorectal physiology and colorectal cancer immunology and immunotherapy London Hammersmith Hospital 1993-1999. Co-Director of Coloproctology at Kaplan Hospital Tel Aviv 2000-2002. Specialist areas of interest are in functional anorectal disorders, colorectal cancer immunology and imaging of complex anorectal disorders.