Lung Cancer Vaccine
Peptides eliciting multiple responses in lung cancer identified
Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 20th, 2004
"The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is one of the most appropriate target molecules for cancer therapy because of its high expression in epithelial cancers. A novel EGFR-tyrosine-kinase inhibitor, ZD1839, has been approved as a drug for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and many other agents are now being tested in clinical trials. Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-directed epitope peptides could be another class of useful compounds in EGFR-targeted therapies," scientists in Japan...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2004-10-20)
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