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MRI findings of distant metastasis.. Notes: MRI carried out before the patient received CIK cells. (A) MRI shows liver metastasis, and red arrows indicated metastatic focus. (B) Pelvic metastasis was detected by MRI (red arrows).. Abbreviations: CIK, cytokine-induced killer; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.
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Henan Cancer Hospital, owing to disease recurrence. However, liver and pelvic metastases were detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (Figure 1) on June 13, 2012, and the Karnofsky Performance Status score of the patient was 60.
MRI findings after 4 cycles of CIK cells plus chemotherapy.. Note: Liver (A) and pelvic (B) metastasis showing significant improvement (red arrows).. Abbreviations: CIK, cytokine-induced killer; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.
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After 4 cycles of combined CIK cells immunotherapy with chemotherapy, MRI showed that the liver and pelvic metastases were significantly reduced (Figure 2).