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Local immunotherapy with propionibacterium granulosum KP-45 in advanced breast cancer.

Authors: A, Płuzańska; J, Stempczyńska; S, Szmigielski; M, Luczak; J, Jeljaszewicz; G, Pulverer;

Local immunotherapy with propionibacterium granulosum KP-45 in advanced breast cancer.

Abstract

50 patients with advanced metastatic breast cancer were matched into 25 "twin" pairs. In each pair, one "twin" received chemotherapy (FAC) and the other received chemoimmunotherapy (FAC + intratumorally Propionibacterium granulosum KP-45 (PG)). The therapeutic effects of this 2-year follow-up study were carefully documented and analysed. The mean survival time of FAC + PG-treated patients was about 17 months as compared to 8.5 months in FAC controls. PG-therapy responders showed increasing values of T-lymphocytes in peripheral blood, as well as higher blast transformation indices than nonresponders and controls. The skin reactivity to PHA, Distreptase, and Tuberculin was markedly enhanced in the FAC + PG-group. The incidence rate of hematological and/or infectious complications was significantly lower in PG-treated patients than in the controls. Local PG-immunotherapy was proven beneficial in advanced breast cancer when combined with FAC-chemotherapy, providing better toleration of chemotherapy and lower risk of myelosuppression and infections.

Keywords

Adult, Propionibacterium, Breast Neoplasms, Middle Aged, Infections, Hematologic Diseases, Leukocyte Count, Doxorubicin, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Bacterial Vaccines, Humans, Female, Fluorouracil, Neoplasm Metastasis, Cyclophosphamide, Aged, Follow-Up Studies, Skin Tests

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