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Phase I dendritic cell p53 peptide vaccine for head and neck cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 May 2014
Schuler Patrick J, Harasymczuk Malgorzata, Visus Carmen, Deleo Albert, Trivedi Sumita, Lei Yu, Argiris Athanassios, Gooding William, Butterfield Lisa H, Whiteside Theresa L, Ferris Robert L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: p53 accumulation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cells creates a targetable tumor antigen. Adjuvant dendritic cell (DC)-based vaccination against p53 was tested in a phase I clinical trial. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS: Monocyte-derived DC from 16 patients were loaded with two modified HLA-class I p53 peptides (Arm 1), additional Th tetanus toxoid peptide (Arm 2), or additional Th wild-type...
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