Melanoma-specific tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes but not circulating melanoma-specific T cells may predict survival in resected advanced-stage melanoma patients

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-458

  Haanen, J B A G ^a   Baars, A ^b   Gomez, R ^a   Weder, P ^a   Smits, M ^a   De Gruijl, T D ^b   Von Blomberg, B M E ^b   Bloemena, E ^b   Scheper, R J ^b   Van Ham, S M ^c   Pinedo, H M ^d   Van Den Eertwegh, A J M ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autologous tumor cell vaccine; HLA tetramers; Immunotherapy; Melanoma; Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL)

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; TETRAMER; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR CELL VACCINE;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BCG VACCINE; CANCER VACCINES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 30444443011     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-005-0018-5     Document Type: Article

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