Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells in cancer immunotherapy: report of the international registry on CIK cells (IRCC)

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 839-849

  Schmeel, Leonard Christopher ^a   Schmeel, Frederic Carsten ^a   Coch, Christoph ^a   Schmidt Wolf, Ingo G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; CIK; Clinical trials; Cytokine induced killer cells; Immunotherapy; International registry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CYTOKINE INDUCED KILLER CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYTOKINE-INDUCED KILLER CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84931449915     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: 14321335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-014-1864-3     Document Type: Article

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