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Pilot study of mutant ras peptide-based vaccine as an adjuvant treatment in pancreatic and colorectal cancers.
Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII - 1 Sept 2008
Toubaji Antoun, Achtar Moujahed, Provenzano Maurizio, Herrin Vincent E, Behrens Robert, Hamilton Michael, Bernstein Sarah, Venzon David, Gause Barry, Marincola Francesco, Khleif Samir N
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INTRODUCTION: There is mounting evidence describing the immunosuppressive role of bulky metastatic disease, thus countering the therapeutic effects of tumor vaccine. Therefore, adjuvant immunotherapy may have a better impact on clinical outcome. In this phase II clinical trial, we aimed to test the feasibility of using a specific mutant ras peptide vaccine as an adjuvant immunotherapy in pancreatic and colorectal...
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