Brief overview on the studies of monoclonal antibody
Tsukagoshi, S.
Nihon Rinsho. Japanese Journal of Clinical Medicine 60(3): 435-438
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0047-1852 PMID: 11904954 Document Number: 548125
There have been many basic and clinical reports of monoclonal antibody therapies of cancer, but most of them were in the phase I or early phase II. However, from these experiences, monoclonal antibody therapies have changed considerably using chimera or humanized antibodies. Recent reports on monoclonal therapies indicated the clinical usefulness in cancer treatment, opening a new era of biological therapies. Since there are no similar issues to cover so widely monoclonal antibody, this special issue will be useful for understanding the progress of monoclonal therapies.