Immunotherapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 196-201

  Rohrmann, Karl ^a   Staehler, Michael ^a   Haseke, Nikolas ^a   Bachmann, Alexander ^a   Stief, Christian G ^a   Siebels, Michael ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Immunotherapy; Interferon alpha; Interleukin 2; Metastases; Renal cell cancer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; FLUOROURACIL; INTERLEUKIN 2;

HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; METASTASIS; REVIEW;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-2; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23744456812     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-004-0470-4     Document Type: Review

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