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- From: ns14@crux3.crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Nathan Otto Siemers)
- Subject: Re: Immunotherapy for prostate cancer?
- In-Reply-To: nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu's message of 19 Dec 92 20:24:04 -0600
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 16:42:29
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- >>>>> On 19 Dec 92 20:24:04 -0600, nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu (David Nye) said:
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- David> [reply to mdtaylor@apple.com]
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- >My grandfather was diagnosed two years ago as having prostate
- >cancer... Over the past two months, his doctor has detected a rise
- >in the levels of the indicator (antibodies in the bloodstream?) that
- >his cancer has returned.
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- David> Prostate-specific *antigen*
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- >My aunt, a psychiatrist, has mentioned to him that there might be
- >some kind of immunotherapy that would be appropriate for him to try.
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- David> The use of "designer antibodies" in the treatment of cancer is
- David> a very exciting development but is still in its infancy. I
- David> read in a recent issue of Science News that here have been
- David> some apparent cures of metastatic melanoma. I don't have any
- David> information about its use in other cancers, although someone
- David> must be trying it. The antibodies aren't available
- David> commercially, so you would have to find someone who is
- David> enrolling patients in a study. I don't have any leads for
- David> you, but your grandfather's oncologist might. There might be
- David> a name mentioned in the Science News article (look in the
- David> index issue which just came out).
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- There is a national cancer institute clinical trials WATS
- hotline #
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- dial 1 800 555 1212 to get it.
-
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- Companies to look for who are doing antibody based anticancer
- research.
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- Immunogen Cambridge, MA
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- Cytogen San Fran I think
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- Xoma San Fran Area
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- Perhaps Affymax has gotten around to their antibody directed
- enzyme prodrug therapy (ADEPT).
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- Also:
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- Peter Senter, Bristol Myers Squibb, Seattle
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- Bagshawe, England, academic
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- Lou Jungheim, Lilly, Indianapolis.
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- Good Luck.
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- Nathan Siemers
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