Article
Adoptive immunotherapy of hormone-refractory, stage D2 prostate cancer using ex vivo activated autologous T cells (autolymphocyte therapy): results from a pilot study.
Biotechnology therapeutics - 1 Jan 1993
Ross S, Liu V, Abulafia R, Hogan C, Osband M
Abstract excerpt
There is no effective therapy available for stage D2 prostate cancer once patients become refractory to hormonal therapy. In a pilot study, we treated 17 patients with hormone-refractory stage D2 prostate cancer using autolymphocyte therapy, an outpatient form of adoptive immunotherapy in which patients are treated with autologous T cells that have been activated ex vivo. Feasibility and safety were documented....
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Cells, Cultured
- Feasibility Studies
- Humans
- Immunotherapy, Adoptive
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pain Measurement
- Phenotype
