Chemoimmunotherapy: Reengineering tumor immunity

Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-216

  Chen, Gang ^a   Emens, Leisha A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoimmunotherapy; Chemotherapy; Clinical trials; Cyclophosphamide; Immunotherapy; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CANCER VACCINE; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DENDRITIC CELL VACCINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR VACCINE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMP 321; IPILIMUMAB; IRINOTECAN; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN; PACLITAXEL; PEGINTERFERON; PEPTIDE VACCINE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TERTOMOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADVANCED CANCER; BONE MARROW CELL; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASTRATION RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DENDRITIC CELL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; METASTATIC MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE TUMOR; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUPPRESSOR CELL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DENDRITIC CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MICE; NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84874108466     PISSN: 03407004     EISSN: 14320851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00262-012-1388-0     Document Type: Review

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