Title:
【発明の名称】ガンを処置するための組合わされた放射線治療および免疫療法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2000504015
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
The invention provides a method of radiosensitizing a tumor in a subject by contacting the tumor with a cytokine or a nucleic acid molecule encoding a cytokine. The invention also provides a method of radiosensitizing a tumor in a subject by administering, at a site other than the tumor, a cell genetically modified to express a cytokine. The invention further provides a method of reducing the severity of a cancer in a subject by administering a cytokine at the site of the tumor or by immunizing the subject at a site other than the tumor with tumor cells genetically modified to express a cytokine, and treating the tumor with radiotherapy.
Inventors:
McBride, William H.
Application Number:
JP52780897A
Publication Date:
April 04, 2000
Filing Date:
January 31, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California
International Classes:
C12N15/09; A61K31/00; A61K38/00; A61K38/19; A61K38/20; A61K39/00; A61K51/00; A61P35/00; C12N5/10; A61K48/00; (IPC1-7): A61K38/00; A61P35/00; A61K51/00; C12N5/10; C12N15/09
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shusaku Yamamoto