[Adjuvant GM-CSF cytokine gene therapy for breast cancer].

UNLABELLED: The aim of this study was to examine the enhancement of antitumor immunity of irradiated granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene-transduced mouse breast cancer cells. METHODS: BALBMC mouse were vaccinated subcutaneously with saline or irradiated mouse breast cancer cells, BALBMC (1 x 10(6)/mouse), infected or not infected with recombinant adenovirus harboring GM-CSF gene on day-7. Mice were injected with parental cells (1 x 10(5)/mouse) on day 0. RESULTS: No mice vaccinated with irradiated GM-CSF producing BALBMC cells developed a tumor during the observation period of up to 16 weeks, whereas 100% of mice injected with saline developed a tumor. CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates the feasibility of this immunotherapeutic approach as a novel adjuvant cancer therapy after surgery for breast cancer.