E. Hellström-Lindberg, G. Birgegard, M. Carlsson, J. Carneskog, I. Dahl, I. Dybedal, G. Grimfors, K. Merk, J. Tangen, I. Winqvist, A. Öst, A. Fasth, G. Juliusson, M. Höglund, S. Grützmeier, E. Sandstrom, G. Saeter
{"title":"Abstract: treatment of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes with G-CSF and erythropoietin","authors":"E. Hellström-Lindberg, G. Birgegard, M. Carlsson, J. Carneskog, I. Dahl, I. Dybedal, G. Grimfors, K. Merk, J. Tangen, I. Winqvist, A. Öst, A. Fasth, G. Juliusson, M. Höglund, S. Grützmeier, E. Sandstrom, G. Saeter","doi":"10.1007/BF02987772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987772","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77257,"journal":{"name":"Medical oncology and tumor pharmacotherapy","volume":"10 1","pages":"77-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02987772","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52296405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F Di Pierro, F Cavallo, F Pericle, S Bertini, M Giovarelli, G Forni
{"title":"Strategies for cytokine utilisation in tumor therapy.","authors":"F Di Pierro, F Cavallo, F Pericle, S Bertini, M Giovarelli, G Forni","doi":"10.1007/BF02987769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987769","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The state of the art with regard to the employment of various cytokine-based tumor immunotherapy strategies and their mechanisms of action are critically reviewed. As matters now stand, adoptive transfer of LAK cells or tumor infiltrating lymphocytes together with high doses of IL-2 constitutes the only immunologic way to hinder tumor growth in advanced stages of cancer. On the other hand, many experimental data show that the local presence of cytokines, either injected repeatedly at tumor site or released by cytokine-gene engineered tumor cells, arouses immunogenicity in apparently nonimmunogenic spontaneous tumors. By strengthening the notion that most tumors are potentially immunogenic, these findings offer substantial evidence to stress the potential use of cytokines as a component of new tumor vaccines.</p>","PeriodicalId":77257,"journal":{"name":"Medical oncology and tumor pharmacotherapy","volume":"10 1-2","pages":"53-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02987769","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19248110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interferon treatment of human malignancies--a short review.","authors":"S Einhorn, H Strander","doi":"10.1007/BF02987765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987765","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Interferon (IFN) therapy can induce remissions in human malignancies and has been established as a treatment of choice in several diseases. The clinical effects of IFNs are especially obvious in the treatment of hematological malignancies and virus-associated tumor diseases. Most other types of malignant solid tumors are less likely to respond to IFN as monotherapy and optimal therapeutic schedules are yet to be developed. It is of special interest that combinations of IFNs with other treatment modalities have yielded an increased response rate in several diseases. Several studies on the use of IFN as adjuvant therapy are under way. It is possible, if not likely, that the antitumor effects of IFNs are mediated by different cellular effects in cooperation. These may differ between different malignancies. Mainly based on studies comparing in vitro sensitivity of malignant cells to clinical effects on the same tumor, we suggest that the direct effects of IFNs on the malignant cell are of major importance for the antitumor action of IFN. A deepened insight into the cellular aspects of the antitumor action of these cytokines is a prerequisite for the optimal use of IFNs in the treatment of tumors in man.</p>","PeriodicalId":77257,"journal":{"name":"Medical oncology and tumor pharmacotherapy","volume":"10 1-2","pages":"25-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02987765","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18512623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regulation of granulocytosis in inflammatory disease and in leukemia.","authors":"P Reizenstein, L Stenke","doi":"10.1007/BF02987761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987761","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77257,"journal":{"name":"Medical oncology and tumor pharmacotherapy","volume":"10 1-2","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02987761","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19247567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BCG in the treatment of superficial cancer of the bladder: a review.","authors":"S Friberg","doi":"10.1007/BF02987766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987766","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Superficial Bladder Cancer can be treated in several ways. During the last decades, intravesical instillation of Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) has emerged as an effective therapy. The history of how BCG became an antitumoral treatment is long and intriguing, and the theoretical background is fragile. In numerous studies, involving over 3,000 patients, intravesical instillation of BCG has been shown to be an effective treatment for superficial cancer of the urinary bladder in humans. Temporarily, BCG can eradicate residual disease after surgery, it can prevent local recurrence, and it can halt deterioration of malignancy in recurrences. However, its effect on survival is uncertain. For patients, treatment with BCG is prolonged, expensive, associated with side-effects, and may even be harmful. The mode of action is obscure. The theoretical framework on which this therapy is based is purely speculative, if existing at all. Although BCG has been classified as a biological response modifier, and the treatment is termed immunotherapy, proof is still lacking that the mechanism is immunological.</p>","PeriodicalId":77257,"journal":{"name":"Medical oncology and tumor pharmacotherapy","volume":"10 1-2","pages":"31-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02987766","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19247570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lactate dehydrogenase levels during MACOP-B chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.","authors":"B McAdam, T Smith, W C Love, M Murphy, P A Daly","doi":"10.1007/BF02987775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987775","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lactate dehydrogenase (LD) levels rose consistently during MACOP-B chemotherapy for intermediate and high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Levels peaked at week nine and fell to normal within six weeks of completion of therapy. Isoenzyme patterns, studied prospectively in seven patients, showed a parallel rise in LD1 and LD2 suggesting a source other than tumour tissue for the rise in total LD. In the absence of evidence of myocardial or renal damage, haematopoietic tissue was the most likely source. With no evidence of haemolysis, normal serum levels of vitamin B12 and folate and normal red cell folate, dyserythropoiesis was considered to be the underlying mechanism. A rising mean corpuscular volume further reinforced this suggestion. Intensive use of methotrexate along with co-trimoxazole as prophylaxis against pneumoycystis carinii is considered the most likely cause of marrow dysfunction. Failure to recognise that rising LD levels during such therapy is treatment-related, rather than of tumour origin, may lead to inappropriate change or abandonment of therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":77257,"journal":{"name":"Medical oncology and tumor pharmacotherapy","volume":"10 3","pages":"95-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02987775","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18512271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Interleukin-2 and interferon in renal cell carcinoma.","authors":"P Wersäll","doi":"10.1007/BF02987771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987771","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Renal cell cancer (RCC) represents an unusual solid tumor for which no treatment other than surgical therapy has been effective. This tumor demonstrates a remarkably heterogeneous behaviour and rare reports of spontaneous regressions suggest an unusual sensitivity to host immunologic control. In recent years the rapid development in molecular genetics, growth factors and cytokine--lymphocyte interactions have increased the interest and possibilities for immunotherapy of RCC. Interleukin-2 (IL-2) or Interferon alpha (IFN alpha) alone are only marginally active in RCC. Their different modes of action and their synergistic effects when used in experimental murine models prompted the investigation of combined IL-2/INF alpha therapy in advanced RCC. The advantage of a combination of IL-2 and IFN alpha treatment as compared to LAK cell treatment seems to be that IL-2 and IFN alpha can be given at lower dosages without compromising the results in an outpatient setting. This article reviews the use of IL-2 and IFN alpha in combination for treatment of RCC and discusses the current problems and future challenges in this field.</p>","PeriodicalId":77257,"journal":{"name":"Medical oncology and tumor pharmacotherapy","volume":"10 1-2","pages":"71-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02987771","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18512624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Separation of rare cell subpopulations with the aid of biotin-labelled ligands.","authors":"M Steinitz, A Livoff, S Tamir, T Brenner","doi":"10.1007/BF02987768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987768","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A universal method for selection of surface marker-positive cells is described. The cells, admixed with an excess of surface marker-negative cells, are first labelled with a specific biotinylated ligand and then isolated with the aid of monoclonal, anti-biotin coated beads. The method enables selection and isolation of cells with a frequency as low as 10(-4). The ligand can be an antigen (for selection of infrequent antibody-producing cells), an antibody (for selection of surface antigen-positive cells) or other molecules (for selection of specific receptor-positive cells).</p>","PeriodicalId":77257,"journal":{"name":"Medical oncology and tumor pharmacotherapy","volume":"10 1-2","pages":"49-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF02987768","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19247572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}