| Abstract | The disappointing results of the large, randomized, controlled trials showing no benefit of vaccines in patients with advanced and metastatic melanoma call for a reassessment of the development of therapeutic vaccines and the importance of better immune monitoring methodology, such as adoptive T-cell therapy with lymphodepletion. |
| Authors | Alexander M M Eggermont
(Affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Erasmus University MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. a.eggermont at erasmusmc.nl)
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| Journal | Nature reviews. Clinical oncology
(Nat Rev Clin Oncol)
Vol. 6
Issue 5
Pg. 256-8
(May 2009)
ISSN: 1759-4782 [Electronic] England |
| PMID | 19390551
(Publication Type: Comment, Journal Article)
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| Chemical References |
- Cancer Vaccines
- Interleukin-2
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| Topics |
- Cancer Vaccines
(administration & dosage, immunology)
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Humans
- Immunotherapy
- Interleukin-2
(therapeutic use)
- Melanoma
(pathology, secondary, therapy)
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Neoplasm Staging
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Skin Neoplasms
(pathology, therapy)
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