Therapeutic vaccines for gastrointestinal cancers

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Rahma, Osama E ^a   Khleif, Samir N ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cancer Vaccine Section   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer vaccine; Gastrointestinal; Malignancies; Review; Trials

Indexed keywords

AGATOLIMOD; BCG VACCINE; CANCER VACCINE; CAPECITABINE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DENDRITIC CELL VACCINE; EDRECOLOMAB; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; FREUND ADJUVANT; GEMCITABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; IRINOTECAN; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; MELANOMA ANTIGEN 3; MODIFIED VACCINIA VIRUS ANKARA 5T4 VACCINE; MUCIN 1; OXALIPLATIN; SURVIVIN; TERTOMOTIDE; TUMOR CELL VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULIZIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; META ANALYSIS; PANCREAS CANCER;

EID: 80052614730     PISSN: 15547914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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