Combined approach to treatment of cancer with hCG vaccines

摘要

The invention relates to an improved method for immunotherapy of cancer by administering to a subject a human anti-hCG monoclonal antibody and/or an hCG immunogenic peptide vaccine, followed by monitoring the patient's immune response to hCG-CTP16, hCG-CTP21 and hCG-CTP37, respectively, and adjusting the vaccination regimen according to the detectable immune response to the hCG immunogenic peptides. The invention further relates to devices, methods and kits for immunoassay of hCG immunogenic peptides.