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CIMAvax EGF vaccine for stage IIIb/IV non-small cell lung carcinoma
Jian Y Cheng1, Ratnavelu Kananathan
1Monash University Central Medical School, Clayton, VIC, Australia. chengjy88@gmail.com
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
|August 22, 2012
Abstract:
This case report documents the use of the CIMAvax Epidermal Growth Factor vaccine regimen in a 54 y old female with stage IIIb non-small cell lung carcinoma. Even after 48 mo since diagnosis her ECOG performance remains at zero. Further, this report documents a reaction to the vaccine of grade 3 severity not previously documented.
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