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The hypomethylating agent decitabine induces expression of the cancer/testis antigen NY-ESO-1 in the myeloid cells of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Patients with MDS treated with decitabine and an NY-ESO-1 vaccine developed NY-ESO-1-specific T-cell responses directed against their abnormal myeloid cells, raising hopes for combinatorial immunotherapy of this disease. .
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