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In situ vaccination with a TLR9 agonist induces systemic lymphoma regression: a phase I/II study.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Oct 2010
Brody Joshua D, Ai Weiyun Z, Czerwinski Debra K, Torchia James A, Levy Mia, Advani Ranjana H, Kim Youn H, Hoppe Richard T, Knox Susan J, Shin Lewis K, Wapnir Irene, Tibshirani Robert J, Levy Ronald
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Combining tumor antigens with an immunostimulant can induce the immune system to specifically eliminate cancer cells. Generally, this combination is accomplished in an ex vivo, customized manner. In a preclinical lymphoma model, intratumoral injection of a Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist induced systemic antitumor immunity and cured large, disseminated tumors. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We treated 15...
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