Fifteen patients with advanced carcinoma of the breast who had failed prior chemotherapy, were treated with recombinant gamma interferon at a dose of 2mg/m2 (1mg = 2.4 X 10(7) international units) intravenously for five consecutive days every other week. The median patient age was 51 and all patient
A phase I trial of recombinant gamma interferon in patients with cancer
β Scribed by Kenneth A. Foon; Stephen A. Sherwin; Paul G. Abrams; Henry C. Stevenson; Pamela Holmes; Annette E. Maluish; Robert K. Oldham; Ronald B. Herberman
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 461 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-7004
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