CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 49, Issue 2 74-100, Copyright © 1999 by American Cancer Society
T cell-based immunotherapy for cancer: a virtual reality?
L. G. Lum
Immunotherapy and Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant Programs, Immunotherapy Research and Treatment Institute, St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
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.