Article Text
Articles
▾ Aldesleukin for metastatic renal cell carcinoma?
Abstract
Interleukin 2 (IL2), a protein product of T lymphocytes, promotes the development of lymphokine-activated killer (LAK) cells, which can lyse tumour cells.1 Aldesleukin (Proleukin – EuroCetus), a recombinant human IL2, has recently been marketed for the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.