Journal of International Oncology››2012,Vol. 39››Issue (5): 344-347.

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Cytokineinduced killer cells in cancer treatment

LIANG Xue-feng, DING Zhen-yu, XIE Xiao-dong

  1. Department of Oncology, Cancer diagnosis and treatment center of PLA, General Hospital of Shenyang Military Region, Shenyang 110840, China
  • Online:2012-05-08Published:2012-05-02
  • Contact:XIE Xiao-dong, E-mail: xiexiaodong@csco.org.cn E-mail:xiexiaodong@csco.org.cn

Abstract:Cytokineinduced killer cells (CIK) is the fourth largest cancer treatment after surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and it is the development direction of cancer treatment. It is a new type of immune cell, and it is named after natural killer cell samples T lymphocytes as it express CD3 and CD56. Currently, CIK treatment has a broader range of clinical applications, and it has achieved the better clinical efficacy in the blood system cancer and solid tumors. The CIK adoptive immunotherapy is considered to be a new hope for the anticancer treatment.

Key words:Killer cells,Neoplasms,Immunotherapy