Advances in immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer: 2013 Highlights from the "2013 ASCO Annual Meeting". Chicago, IL, USA; May 30 - June 4, 2013

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 347-353

  DeVito, Nicholas C ^a   Wasif Saif, Muhammad ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoimmunotherapy; Immunotherapy; Pancreatic neoplasms; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

AGAL ANTIBODY; ALGENPANTUCEL L; ANTIBODY; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CANCER VACCINE; CAPECITABINE; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT; CRS 207; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DENDRITIC CELL VACCINE; GEMCITABINE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MESOTHELIN ANTIBODY; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT ADENOVIRUS P53; TERTOMOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VXM 01; X BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DENDRITIC CELL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

CANCER VACCINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84880052979     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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