Seminars in Oncology
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 37-46 , February 2004

Adoptive immunotherapy with antigen-specific T cells in myeloma: a model of tumor-specific donor lymphocyte infusion

  • Larry W Kwak

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Larry W. Kwak, MD, PhD, Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
  • ,
  • Sattva S Neelapu

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
  • ,
  • Michael R Bishop

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA

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Seminars in Oncology
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 37-46 , February 2004