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Cancer Vaccine
Immunotherapy of cancer reviewed
September 8th, 2004
Scientists review the immunotherapy of cancer in a recent issue of the Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. "Until the end of the 19th century the possibility that a tumor could be rejected merely by the body's immune defense was no more than a vision. After more than 100 years of preclinical and clinical research in the field, the vision of cancer immunotherapy became real and has, with multiple tools, successfully entered clinical standard practice. Non-specific mediators of immune defense, such as BCG for treatment of superficial bladder cancer or interferon-alpha for treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia and hairy cell leukemia, can induce...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2004-09-08)
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