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Immune responses to a class II helper peptide epitope in patients with stage III/IV resected melanoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Aug 2004
Wong Raymond, Lau Roy, Chang Jenny, Kuus-Reichel Tina, Brichard Vincent, Bruck Claudine, Weber Jeffrey
Abstract excerpt
The importance of CD8(+) cytolytic T cells for protection from viral infection and in the generation of immune responses against tumors has been well established. In contrast, the role of CD4(+) T-helper cells in human infection and in cancer immunity has yet to be clearly defined. In this pilot study, we show that immunization of three resected, high-risk metastatic melanoma patients with a T-helper epitope...
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