Clinical outcome of breast and ovarian cancer patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy, autologous stem cell rescue and THERATOPE® STn-KLH cancer vaccine

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1233-1241

  Holmberg, L A ^a,b   Oparin, D V ^a   Gooley, T ^a,b   Lilleby, K ^a   Bensinger, W ^a,b   Reddish, M A ^c,d   MacLean, G D ^c   Longenecker, B M ^c   Sandmaier, B M ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Biomira Inc   (Canada)

^d ID Vaccine   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous transplant; Breast cancer; Cancer vaccine; Immunotherapy; Ovarian cancer; Sialyl Tn; Stem cell rescue

Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE; DETOX B; THERATOPE STN-KLH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER STATISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUDI CELL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION PAIN; NAUSEA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 0033935785     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702430     Document Type: Article

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