Exploring treatment options in cancer: tumor treatment strategies

B Liu, H Zhou, L Tan, KTH Siu, XY Guan - Signal transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
Traditional therapeutic approaches such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy have
burdened cancer patients with onerous physical and psychological challenges …

Mechanisms of BCG immunotherapy and its outlook for bladder cancer

C Pettenati, MA Ingersoll - Nature reviews urology, 2018 - nature.com
BCG immunotherapy is the gold-standard treatment for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
at high risk of recurrence or progression. Preclinical and clinical studies have revealed that a …

The mechanism of action of BCG therapy for bladder cancer—a current perspective

G Redelman-Sidi, MS Glickman, BH Bochner - Nature reviews urology, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) has been used to treat non-muscle-invasive
bladder cancer for more than 30 years. It is one of the most successful biotherapies for …

Immunotherapy for bladder cancer

O Fuge, N Vasdev, P Allchorne… - Research and reports in …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
It is nearly 40 years since Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) was first used as an
immunotherapy to treat superficial bladder cancer. Despite its limitations, to date it has not …

Fusobacterium nucleatum and cancer

T Alon‐Maimon, O Mandelboim… - Periodontology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Accumulating evidence demonstrates that the oral pathobiont Fusobacterium nucleatum is
involved in the progression of an increasing number of tumors types. Thus far, the …

NK cell-based immunotherapy for malignant diseases

M Cheng, Y Chen, W Xiao, R Sun, Z Tian - Cellular & molecular …, 2013 - nature.com
Natural killer (NK) cells play critical roles in host immunity against cancer. In response,
cancers develop mechanisms to escape NK cell attack or induce defective NK cells. Current …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of BCG in the treatment of bladder cancer-current understanding and the prospect

J Han, X Gu, Y Li, Q Wu - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy, 2020 - Elsevier
Over 30 years' successful application of Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) to the clinical
treatment of bladder cancer has proved it one of the most promising immunotherapies for …

IL-15 superagonist NAI in BCG-unresponsive non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer

K Chamie, SS Chang, E Kramolowsky… - NEJM …, 2022 - evidence.nejm.org
Abstract Background Patients with Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG)–unresponsive non–
muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) have limited treatment options. The immune cell …

Long-term efficacy results of EORTC genito-urinary group randomized phase 3 study 30911 comparing intravesical instillations of epirubicin, bacillus Calmette-Guerin …

RJ Sylvester, MA Brausi, WJ Kirkels, W Hoeltl… - European urology, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Intravesical chemotherapy and bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) reduce the
recurrence rate in patients with stage Ta T1 urothelial bladder cancer; however, the benefit …

Prospects for the use of NK cells in immunotherapy of human cancer

HG Ljunggren, KJ Malmberg - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2007 - nature.com
Current insights into the molecular specificities that regulate natural killer (NK)-cell function
suggest that it might be possible to design NK-cell-based immunotherapeutic strategies …