Lung Cancer

Researchers at NanJing University Have Published New Data on Lung Cancer

Published in Drug Week, August 12th, 2011

2011 AUG 12 -- "Adoptive cell therapy involving the use of ex vivo generated cytokine-induced killer cells (CIKs) provides a promising approach to immunotherapy. However, the therapeutic activity of CIKs is limited by the immunosuppressive factors active in the host," scientists writing in the International Journal of Cancer report.

"It has become increasingly apparent that manipulation of the recipient immune system with the preconditioning regimen is essential to guarantee the antitumor effect of subsequent adoptive cell therapy. In our study, paclitaxel (PTX) and cisplatin (DDP) were used as preconditioning drugs combined with CIKs to illustrate...

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Source: Drug Week (2011-08-12)

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