Vaccine therapy for prostate cancer

Urol Clin North Am. 1999 May;26(2):365-74, ix. doi: 10.1016/s0094-0143(05)70076-8.

Abstract

Vaccine therapy may provide an alternative for prostate cancer patients whose disease no longer responds to hormone therapy. Administration of dendritic cells pulsed with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) induces cellular immune responses against the tumor with virtually no adverse effects. About 30% of the evaluable patients were identified as partial responders, based on the National Prostate Cancer Project (NPCP) criteria. In addition, there was a 50% decrease of serum prostate-specific antigen or resolution of previously measurable lesions on imaging. Dendritic cell vaccine therapy may have a synergistic effect, when combined with other therapies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cancer Vaccines / therapeutic use*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Dendritic Cells
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / blood
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

  • Cancer Vaccines
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen