Open AccessT cell‐based immunotherapy for cancer: A virtual reality?
Author(s) -
Lum Lawrence G.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.49.2.74
Subject(s) - cancer immunotherapy , immunotherapy , virtual reality , cancer , medicine , computer science , human–computer interaction
The goal of harnessing the immune system to recognize tumor as "nonself" is not new. Now, thanks to new knowledge and new techniques, however, modalities that seek to activate the host immune system are becoming increasingly feasible as treatments for advanced malignancies.