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Evaluation of ganciclovir-mediated enhancement of the antitumoral effect in oncolytic, multimutated herpes simplex virus type 1 (G207) therapy of brain tumors.
Cancer gene therapy - 1 Jun 2000
Todo T, Rabkin S D, Martuza R L
Abstract excerpt
G207 is a multimutated, conditionally replicating herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) that retains an intact viral thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) gene. The virus exhibits oncolytic activity in various tumors and is being evaluated in patients with recurrent malignant glioma. In view of the potential for ganciclovir (GCV) to either enhance or inhibit the antitumoral activity of HSV-tk-retaining HSV-1 vectors, we...
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