Article
Is the survival of melanoma patients receiving polyvalent melanoma cell vaccine linked to the human leukocyte antigen phenotype of patients?
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Apr 1998
Hoon D S, Okamoto T, Wang H J, Elashoff R, Nizze A J, Foshag L J, Gammon G, Morton D L
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: An allogeneic polyvalent melanoma cell vaccine (PMCV) has been shown to be efficacious in improving overall survival of patients with malignant melanoma in a phase II clinical setting. The PMCV consists of three allogeneic melanoma cell lines. The objectives of the study were to determin...
Topics
- Adult
- Cancer Vaccines
- Female
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Histocompatibility Testing
- Humans
- Male
- Melanoma
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Survival Analysis
- Vaccines
- Vaccines, Combined
