Table 6.
Tumor antigen expression following treatment with tyrosinase vaccines and IL-2 on the single cohort trial
Patient no. (response) | Site | Lesion growth | % Positive tumor cells* |
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Tyrosinase | gp100 | MART-1 | MHC I | HLA-DR | CD3† | |||
5 (MXR) | LN-1 | Regr‡ | 50 | 20 | 5 | >50 | 20 | 2+ |
LN-2 | Stable | 5–50 | >50 | 0 | ND | 5–50 | 3+ | |
Lung | Progr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10–50 | 0 | 1+ | |
Bowel | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | ND | ND | ND | |
7 (MR) | LN | Progr | >50 | >50 | >50 | 0 | 0 | 1+ |
8 (MXR) | LN | Progr | 0 | <5 | 0 | 5–50 | 5–50 | 3+ |
13 (MXR) | S.c. | New | >50 | >50 | >50 | 5–50 | <5 | 1+ |
19 (NR) | S.c. | Progr | 0 | 0 | 0 | >50 | >50 | 3+ |
Immunostaining of paraffin-embedded tissue sections.
Presence of CD3+ cells was scored on a 0 to 3+ scale.
Regr, regressing; progr, progressing.