Vaccination for the prevention and treatment of breast cancer with special focus on Her-2/neu peptide vaccines

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Wiedermann, Ursula ^a   Davis, Adam B ^b   Zielinski, Christoph C ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adjuvants; Antibodies; B cell peptides; Breast cancer; Her 2 neu; T cell peptides; T regulatory cells; Th1 responses; Tumor associated antigens; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CANCER VACCINE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; DNA VACCINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; MUCIN 1; PEPTIDE VACCINE; PROTEIN P53; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRASTUZUMAB; TUMOR ANTIGEN; WATER OIL CREAM;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INJECTION SITE PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84872473737     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-013-2410-8     Document Type: Review

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