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Inhibition of head and neck metastatic and/or recurrent cancer by local administration of multi-cytokine inducer OK-432

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Satoshi Kitahara ,
Makoto Ikeda ,
Tetsuzo Inouye ,
Takeshi Matsunaga ,
Kengo Yamaguchi ,
Etsuyo Takayama ,
Gerald B. Healy  and
Mamoru Tsukuda
Satoshi Kitahara
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama.
Makoto Ikeda*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama.
Tetsuzo Inouye
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama.
Takeshi Matsunaga
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama.
Kengo Yamaguchi
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama.
Etsuyo Takayama
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Saitama.
Gerald B. Healy
Affiliation:
Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Mamoru Tsukuda
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Yokohama-city University, Yokohama, Japan.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Makoto Ikeda, M.D., Ph.D., Undersea Medical Centre, 2-7-1 Nagase, Yokosuka-city, Japan. Fax: Japan (81)-429955330
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Abstract

The multi-cytokine inducer OK-432 is a pulverized preparation of the low-virulence SU strain of Streptococcus pyogenes of human origin. A reduction of the tumour mass in the OK-432-injected areas was observed in 11 out of 13 patients with metastatic and/or recurrent head and neck cancer. Complete response (CR), partial response (PR) and minor response (MR) were noted in six, three and two cases respectively. OK-432 local administration therapy could create a new strategy for cancer therapy.

Keywords

Head and neck neoplasmsChemotherapyOK-432

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 5 , May 1996 , pp. 449 - 453
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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