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Characterization of the B Cell Epitopes Associated with a Truncated Form of Pseudomonas Exotoxin (PE38) Used to Make Immunotoxins for the Treatment of Cancer Patients
1 Dec 2006
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Recombinant immunotoxins composed of an Ab Fv fragment joined to a truncated portion of Pseudomonas exotoxin A (termed PE38) have been evaluated in clinical trials for the treatment of various human cancers. Immunotoxin therapy is very effective in hairy cell leukemia and also has activity in other hemological malignancies; however, a neutralizing Ab response to PE38 in patients with solid tumors prevents...
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