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Cervical Cancer
Study results from F.G. Delgado and colleagues update understanding of cervical cancer
May 7th, 2009
"It has been suggested that tumour cell lysis by gamma-radiation induces a tumoral antigen release eliciting an immune response. It is not clear how a specific immune response in cervical cancer patients is developed after radiotherapy," scientists writing in the journal Immunology report. "This study is an attempt to investigate the role of the human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) E7-specific T helper response before and after radiotherapy. Lymphocytes were isolated from 32 cervical cancer patients before and after radiotherapy and from 16 healthy women. They were stimulated for 12 hr with autologous HPV-16 E7-pulsed monocyte-derived dendritic cells or directly...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-05-07)
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