Photodynamic Therapy of Tumors Can Lead to Development of Systemic Antigen-Specific Immune Response

Background: The mechanism by which the immune system can effectively recognize and destroy tumors is dependent on recognition of tumor antigens. The molecular identity of a number of these antigens has recently been identified and several immunotherapies have explored them as targets. Photodynam...

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Main Authors: Mroz, Pawel, Szokalska, Angelika, Wu, Mei X., Hamblin, Michael R.
Other Authors: Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64421