Lung cancer-associated tumor antigens and the present status of immunotherapy against non-small-cell lung cancer

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Summary

A better understanding of the immune escape mechanisms employed by tumor cells is necessary before a more effective immunotherapeutic approach to lung cancer is developed and many clinical trials of cancer vaccination with defined tumor antigens have resulted in objective clinical responses in only a small number of patients.

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review
Published
2009-09-01
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Keywords

Lung cancer, Immunotherapy, Antigen, Medicine, Immune system

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