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Immunotherapy of prostate cancer: A review
Author(s) -
Guinan P.,
Ray P.,
Shaw M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
the prostate
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.295
H-Index - 123
eISSN - 1097-0045
pISSN - 0270-4137
DOI - 10.1002/pros.2990050212
Subject(s) - medicine , immunotherapy , prostate cancer , radiation therapy , chemotherapy , cancer , prostate , oncology , immune system , immunology
Tumors are antigenic and patients can mount an immune response against their tumors. Prostate cancer patients are sensitized to their malignancies and immunotherapeutic efforts have been successful. As with other tumors, it is unlikely that immunotherapy alone will be curative, but will play a role in combination therapy along with surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. But before its rightful place can be delineated, additional clinical and laboratory studies must be completed.