Tumor & Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy

Biography

Maria Marcela Barrio was graduated in 1991 as a Biologist at the University of Buenos Aires and obtained her PhD working on monoclonal antibodies at the Fundación Instituto Leloir. She became a Member of The National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) in 2007. She has been working in the cancer immunology as part of Dr. Mordoh´s team since 1984. Presently she is Sub-Director of the Centro de Investigaciones Oncológicas Fundación Cáncer. She has published more than 40 scientific papers about her specialty and she is working in translational research for the development of therapeutic vaccines for cutaneous melanoma.

Abstract

Abstract : CSF-470 vaccine plus BCG plus rhGM-CSF show superiority vs. IFN-α2b in high risk cutaneous melanoma patients stages IIB, IIC and III: Interim results of the phase II part of phase II/III CASVAC0401 study