Anti-idiotypic antibodies as cancer vaccines: achievements and future improvements
Since the discovery of tumor-associated antigens (TAA), researchers have tried to develop immune-based anti-cancer therapies. Thanks to their specificity, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) offer the major advantage to induce fewer side effects than those caused by non-specific conventional treatments (eg...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Oncology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2012.00158/full |