Akzo N.v.

Leona C Peters

Michael G Hanna, Jr

Herbert C Hoover, Jr

This invention relates to a method of cancer therapy for treating human patients with resectable solid tumors to inhibit recurrence and formation of metastases, comprising surgically removing tumor tissue from a human cancer patient, treating the tumor tissue to obtain tumor cells, irradiating the tumor cells to be viable but non-tumorigenic, preparing a vaccine comprising about 10.sup.7 viable but non-tumorigenic tumor cells per dose and injecting the vaccine intradermally into the human patient after the patient's immune system has recovered from surgery.

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Frederick, MD, United States of America

Leona C Peters