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6. Special Address: A Novel Approach to Cancer Treatment Based on Immune Stimulations and Other Environmental Approaches
Pages 60-62

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... Just a year after the discovery of radiation therapy by Roentgen in 1895, a Chicago physician treated a patient with advanced breast cancer by exposing the chest wall to radiation and in fact saw tumor regression; thus began modern radiation therapy. Chemotherapy began about 60 years ago predominantly as a result of a 1942 laboratory accident involving the development of nerve gas that exposed workers to nitrogen mustard.
From page 61...
... TILs have been identified that can recognize unique cancer antigens on murine and human cancers, including melanoma, breast cancer, colon cancer, and lymphoma. In clinical trials of TIL administration, 36 percent of patients with metastatic melanoma underwent objective cancer remission.
From page 62...
... It is the cellular arm of the immune response that is predominantly involved in immune reactivities, and a key question is whether we can use this information to generate antitumor T cells by immunizing patients using a vaccine. In a pilot trial, we demonstrated that a modified peptide could consistently immunize cancer patients and generate T cells in their circulation that can recognize the cancer.


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