EFFECTS OF PROPHYLACTIC USE OF ALPHA-INTERFERON FOR PATIENTS WITH RENAL-CANCER
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- Published online on: May 1, 1994 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.4.5.1111
- Pages: 1111-1114
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Abstract
We conducted an investigation on the prevention of cancer recurrence in 68 renal cancer patients administered alpha-interferon as postoperative adjuvant therapy following curative resection of renal cancer. The incidence of recurrence and the survival rate of the patient group were compared with the value of a control group to investigate the prophylactic efficacy of alpha-interferon. The findings of this study revealed that alpha-interferon administration was effective in preventing postoperative recurrence in patients with Robson's stage I and II cancers.