Radiotherapy as an immunological booster in patients with metastatic melanoma or renal cell carcinoma treated with high-dose Interleukin-2: Evaluation of biomarkers of immunologic and therapeutic response

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ridolfi, Laura ^a   de Rosa, Francesco ^a   Ridolfi, Ruggero ^a   Gentili, Giorgia ^a   Valmorri, Linda ^a   Scarpi, Emanuela ^a   Parisi, Elisabetta ^a   Romeo, Antonino ^a   Guidoboni, Massimo ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

HD IL 2; Melanoma; Radiotherapy; RCC

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FIBRONECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN A; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG DOSE SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; METASTATIC MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RISK REDUCTION; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84907780524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12967-014-0262-6     Document Type: Article

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