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Effects of herpes simplex virus on human oral cancer cells, and potential use of mutant viruses in therapy of oral cancer.
Oral oncology - 1 May 1999
Shillitoe E J, Gilchrist E, Pellenz C, Murrah V
Abstract excerpt
The herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) might be useful in treatment of oral cancer because it is strongly cytolytic, and its natural target tissue is the source of oral squamous cell carcinomas. Use of a wild-type virus would be limited by its spread and neurotoxicity, but it might be possible to develop mutants whose range could be restricted to oral cancers. Thus we have investigated the effects of HSV-1 on...
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