INTRAVESICAL INTERLEUKIN-2 IN T1 PAPILLARY BLADDER CARCINOMA: REGRESSION OF MARKER LESION IN 8 OF 10 PATIENTS

Abstract
Conclusions To our knowledge this report represents the first study of the effect of IL-2 on marker lesions left in place after transurethral resection. The results indicate that IL-2 instillations are feasible, and the combination of transurethral resection and IL-2 instillation may have a powerful antitumor effect. The therapeutic effects may not simply be due to intravesical IL-2, because previous transurethral resection probably caused some influx of infiltrating cells and the marker may have had tumor associated antigens. Consequently these effects may be due to the interaction of tumor associated antigens, infiltrating cells and IL-2.

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