METHOD OF VACCINATING A HUMAN PATIENT TO PREVENT METASTATIC TUMORS

摘要

Methods of preventing or inhibiting metastatic tumors in an immunocompetent human patient are provided. Specifically, methods of this invention involved identifying one or more solid tumors in a human patient wherein said tumors are accessible by injection techniques. A first does of a pharmaceutical composition is administered to said solid, accessible tumor or tumors in an amount effective to initiate an immune response to the tumor or tumors. The immune response initiated by the methods of this invention may also exhibit immunological memory.