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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ziekman, Paul G P M
• Otter, Willem D E N
• Tan, Jurgen F V
• Teske, Erik
• Kirpensteijn, Jolle
• Koten, Jan-Willem
• Jacobs, John J L

Titel

Intratumoural interleukin-2 therapy can induce regression of non-resectable mastocytoma in dogs

Ist Teil von

• Anticancer research, 2013-01, Vol.33 (1), p.161-165

Ort / Verlag

Greece

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Mast cell tumours (MCT) are common skin tumours in dogs. If complete surgical removal of the tumours is not possible, then another therapy is needed. In the current study we tested the therapeutic effect of intratumoural injection of interleukin-2 (IL-2). Seven dogs had non-resectable cutaneous MCT. The tumours were injected with 4.5×10(6) IU IL-2. The early clinical effects in the seven dogs with cutaneous MCT were: complete regression (CR) in two dogs; partial regression (PR) in four, and stable disease (SD) in one dog. The final clinical effects were CR in three dogs, PR in two dogs, and PD in two dogs. This pilot study shows that intratumoural IL-2 application can exert an anti-MCT effect. A larger study would be required to precisely establish the magnitude of the therapeutic effect against MCT. A single application of IL-2 in cases of non-resectable MCT has no observable side-effects.