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Results of an intermediate stage clinical trial of several dozen people provides evidence that a method that has worked for treating patients with metastatic melanoma can also work for patients with metastatic synovial cell sarcoma, one of the most common soft tissue tumors in adolescents and young adults.
NIH researchers extend use of gene therapy to treat a soft tissue tumor
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"Now that we have shown that a patient's own cells genetically engineered to express a receptor against the NY-ESO-1 antigen can mediate tumor regression, we will be optimizing this treatment and extending it to the treatment of patients with other common cancers," said Rosenberg.
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