Effective Inhibition of the Epidermal Growth Factor/Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Binding by Anti–Epidermal Growth Factor Antibodies Is Related to Better Survival in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated with the Epidermal Growth Factor Cancer Vaccine

Abstract

Immunization with the EGF vaccine induced neutralizing anti-EGF antibodies capable of inhibiting EGFR phosphorylation. There was a significant positive correlation between antibody titers, EGF/EGFR binding inhibition, immunodominance of anti-EGF antibodies, and survival in advanced NSCLC patients.