TY - JOUR
T1 - Immunotherapy of Advanced Cancer
AU - Moertel, Charles G.
AU - Nora, Richard
AU - Belani, Chandra
AU - Silverman, Henry
AU - Abrams, Jeffrey
AU - West, William H.
AU - Tauer, Kurt W.
AU - Oldham, Robert K.
AU - Orr, Douglas W.
AU - Yannelli, John
AU - Grimm, Elizabeth Ann
AU - Rosenberg, Steven A.
PY - 1987/1/29
Y1 - 1987/1/29
N2 - To the Editor: The report of Rosenberg and associates (Dec. 5, 1985, issue)1 describing their experience with adoptive immunotherapy of advanced cancer is certainly of scientific interest. The presentation of this study by the public media, however, has generated unrealistic expectations among patients with advanced cancer and their families, as evidenced by the thousands of calls pouring in to physicians and cancer centers. Out of concern for these patients, I hope that the investigators will join me in the following realistic appraisal of their results. (1) There is no evidence that this therapy will cure human cancer. (2) There is…
AB - To the Editor: The report of Rosenberg and associates (Dec. 5, 1985, issue)1 describing their experience with adoptive immunotherapy of advanced cancer is certainly of scientific interest. The presentation of this study by the public media, however, has generated unrealistic expectations among patients with advanced cancer and their families, as evidenced by the thousands of calls pouring in to physicians and cancer centers. Out of concern for these patients, I hope that the investigators will join me in the following realistic appraisal of their results. (1) There is no evidence that this therapy will cure human cancer. (2) There is…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198701293160513
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198701293160513
M3 - Letter
C2 - 3491962
AN - SCOPUS:0023090575
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 316
SP - 274
EP - 276
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 5
ER -
