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SUBMITTER: Ghafouri-Fard S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4667235 | biostudies-other | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ghafouri-Fard Soudeh S Seifi-Alan Mahnaz M Shamsi Roshanak R Esfandiary Ali A
Iranian journal of cancer prevention 20151027 5
<h4>Context</h4>Multiple myeloma (MM) is a B-cell malignancy characterized by monoclonal expansion of abnormal plasma cells in the bone marrow. It accounts for 10% of hematological malignancies. Although patients respond to a wide range of anticancer modalities, relapse occurs in a significant number of the cases. Immunotherapeutic approaches have been evolved to tackle this problem. Cancer-testis antigens CTAs as a group of tumor-associated antigens are appropriate targets for cancer immunother ...[more]