background: alteration in peripheral blood lymphocytes (pbls) is usually investigated to provide an evidence of the host immune responses to tumor antigens. the tumor infiltrating nk cells interact most closely with the tumor cells and more accurately reflect tumor host interactions. objective: to analyze peripheral blood and tumor associated natural killer (nk) cells in patients with breast ca...

introduction: epidermal growth factor receptor (egfr) has been shown to play a critical role in tumor cell growth and its overexpression has been observed in many epithelial tumors. in the field of cancer vaccine research, displaying the peptide mimotope on the surface of phage particles has shown promising results. methods: in this study using m13-pviii phage display system, two constructs wer...