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Effects of tumor selective replication-competent herpes viruses in combination with gemcitabine on pancreatic cancer.
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology - 1 Apr 2008
Watanabe Izuru, Kasuya Hideki, Nomura Naohiro, Shikano Toshio, Shirota Takashi, Kanazumi Naohito, Takeda Shin, Nomoto Shuji, Sugimoto Hiroyuki, Nakao Akimasa
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Pancreatic cancer still has a poor prognosis, even if aggressive therapy is pursued. Currently, new modalities of oncolytic virus therapy are being tested against this cancer. The combination of one of two representative mutant herpes simplex viruses (R3616: gamma(1)34.5 inactivated, hrR3: UL39 inactivated) with a standard anti-pancreatic cancer chemotherapy drug (gemcitabine), was investigated in this...
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