Lung cancer immunotherapy: progress, pitfalls, and promises

A Lahiri, A Maji, PD Potdar, N Singh, P Parikh, B Bisht… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Lung cancer is the primary cause of mortality in the United States and around the globe.
Therapeutic options for lung cancer treatment include surgery, radiation therapy …

Immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer therapy

Y Shiravand, F Khodadadi, SMA Kashani… - Current …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The discovery of immune checkpoint proteins such as PD-1/PDL-1 and CTLA-4 represents a
significant breakthrough in the field of cancer immunotherapy. Therefore, humanized …

Immunotherapies for hepatocellular carcinoma

JM Llovet, F Castet, M Heikenwalder… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Liver cancer, more specifically hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is the second leading
cause of cancer-related death and its incidence is increasing globally. Around 50% of …

Tumor immunotherapies by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); the pros and cons

A Naimi, RN Mohammed, A Raji, S Chupradit… - Cell communication and …, 2022 - Springer
The main breakthrough in tumor immunotherapy was the discovery of immune checkpoint
(IC) proteins, which act as a potent suppressor of the immune system by a myriad of …

The next decade of immune checkpoint therapy

P Sharma, BA Siddiqui, S Anandhan, SS Yadav… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) can provide durable clinical responses and improve
overall survival. However, only subsets of patients with specific tumor types respond to ICT …

[HTML][HTML] A guide to cancer immunotherapy: from T cell basic science to clinical practice

AD Waldman, JM Fritz, MJ Lenardo - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
The T lymphocyte, especially its capacity for antigen-directed cytotoxicity, has become a
central focus for engaging the immune system in the fight against cancer. Basic science …

Combination immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

L Rimassa, RS Finn, B Sangro - Journal of Hepatology, 2023 - Elsevier
Single-agent immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been tested in patients with
advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), leading to objective response rates of 15-20 …

Immunotherapy in melanoma: recent advances and future directions

A Knight, L Karapetyan, JM Kirkwood - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Immunotherapy has demonstrated the ability to reduce the risk of
recurrence for melanoma following surgical resection and improve survival in patients with …

Cancer nanomedicine for combination cancer immunotherapy

J Nam, S Son, KS Park, W Zou, LD Shea… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Cancer immunotherapy is revolutionizing oncology. However, dose-limiting toxicities and
low patient response rates remain major challenges in the clinic. Cancer nanomedicine in …

Fundamental mechanisms of immune checkpoint blockade therapy

SC Wei, CR Duffy, JP Allison - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
Immune checkpoint blockade is able to induce durable responses across multiple types of
cancer, which has enabled the oncology community to begin to envision potentially curative …