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SUBMITTER: Dudley ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2305722 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dudley Mark E ME Rosenberg Steven A SA
Nature reviews. Cancer 20030901 9
Adoptive immunotherapy--the isolation of antigen-specific cells, their ex vivo expansion and activation, and subsequent autologous administration--is a promising approach to inducing antitumour immune responses. The molecular identification of tumour antigens and the ability to monitor the persistence and transport of transferred cells has provided new insights into the mechanisms of tumour immunotherapy. Recent studies have shown the effectiveness of cell-transfer therapies for the treatment of ...[more]