Article
HLA association with response and toxicity in melanoma patients treated with interleukin 2-based immunotherapy.
Cancer research - 1 Dec 1992
Marincola F M, Venzon D, White D, Rubin J T, Lotze M T, Simonis T B, Balkissoon J, Rosenberg S A, Parkinson D R
Abstract excerpt
Peripheral blood lymphocytes from 146 patients with metastatic melanoma undergoing interleukin 2 (IL-2)-based immunotherapy were characterized for HLA A, B, Cw, DR, DQw, and DRw specificities. Patients had been enrolled into sequential treatment protocols with either IL-2 alone (28) or in combination with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) (86), alpha-interferon (26), lymphokine-activated killer cells (16),...
Topics
- Drug Administration Schedule
- HLA Antigens
- Humans
- Immunotherapy
- Interleukin-2
- Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating
- Melanoma
- Phenotype
- Prognosis
- Remission Induction
