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Patent No.:

US 8211425 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2006
Applicants:

Ola Winqvist, Uppsala, SE;

Magnus Thörn, Uppsala, SE;

Inventors:

Ola Winqvist, Uppsala, SE;

Magnus Thörn, Uppsala, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 63/02 (2006.01); A61K 35/02 (2006.01); A61K 35/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention discloses an immunotherapeutic method for treating a patient suffering from a disseminated cancer by administering expanded tumour-reactive CD4+ helper and/or CD8+ T-lymphocytes obtainable from one or more metastasis-draining lymph nodes (metinel nodes) draining a metastasis. The method comprises identification of one or more metinel lymph nodes in a patient, resection of the one or more nodes and, optionally all or part of the metastases, isolation of metastasis-reactive T-lymphocytes from said lymph nodes, in vitro expansion of said metastasis-reactive T-lymphocytes, and administration of the thus obtained T-lymphocytes to the patient, wherein the T-lymphocytes are CD4+ helper and/or CD8+ T-lymphocytes.


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