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Article: Research report shows new approach to replacing immune cells to shrink tumors.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- November 26, 2002
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2002 NOV 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new approach to cancer treatment that replaces a patient's immune system with cancer-fighting cells can lead to tumor shrinkage, researchers reported in the journal Science.
The study demonstrates that immune cells, activated in the laboratory against patients' tumors and then administered to those patients, can attack cancer cells in the body. The experimental technique, known as adoptive transfer, has shown promising results in patients with metastatic melanoma who have not responded to standard treatment. With further research, scientists hope this approach may have applications to many cancer types, as well as ...