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Cancer Vaccines Immunotherapy
Research on cancer vaccines immunotherapy described by scientists at University of Genoa, Department of Internal Medicine
April 15th, 2008
New research, 'The use of dendritic cells in cancer immunotherapy,' is the subject of a report. "Cancer immunotherapy aims at eliciting an immune response directed against tumor antigens to help fight off residual tumor cells and thereby improve survival and quality of life of cancer patients. Different immunotherapeutic approaches share the use of dendritic cells (DCs) to present tumor-associated antigens to T-lymphocytes," researchers in Genoa, Italy report. "Ex vivo generated DCs can be loaded with antigens and re-infused to the patients, or they can be used for ex vivo expansion of antitumor lymphocytes. Alternatively, methods exist to target antigens to DCs in vivo...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-04-15)
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