Immunotherapeutic Approach to Breast Cancer: The Anti-Tumor Effect of Anti-IL-6 Monoclonal Antibodies in Malignant Mammary Tumor Implanted-Mice.

It has been established that suppression of apoptosis during carcinogenesis is the main cause of development and progression of breast cancer. Breast cancer patients have higher circulating levels of IL-6 protecting cancer cells from apoptosis and positively correlated with poor prognosis of the disease. The current work is carried out to fulfill one of our in vivo preclinical studies' for approaching a novel breast cancer immunotherapy through induction of tumor cell apoptosis.