The future of cancer treatment: Immunomodulation, CARs and combination immunotherapy Journal Article


Authors: Khalil, D. N.; Smith, E. L.; Brentjens, R. J.; Wolchok, J. D.
Article Title: The future of cancer treatment: Immunomodulation, CARs and combination immunotherapy
Abstract: In the past decade, advances in the use of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and adoptive cellular therapy to treat cancer by modulating the immune response have led to unprecedented responses in patients with advanced-stage tumours that would otherwise have been fatal. To date, three immune-checkpoint-blocking mAbs have been approved in the USA for the treatment of patients with several types of cancer, and more patients will benefit from immunomodulatory mAb therapy in the months and years ahead. Concurrently, the adoptive transfer of genetically modified lymphocytes to treat patients with haematological malignancies has yielded dramatic results, and we anticipate that this approach will rapidly become the standard of care for an increasing number of patients. In this Review, we highlight the latest advances in immunotherapy and discuss the role that it will have in the future of cancer treatment, including settings for which testing combination strategies and 'armoured' CAR T cells are recommended.
Keywords: melanoma; chimeric antigen receptor; metastatic; long-term survival; chronic; ctla-4 blockade; t-cells; acute lymphoblastic-leukemia; antitumor-activity; acute myeloid-leukemia; viral-infection; cytokine release syndrome; modified
Journal Title: Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
Volume: 13
Issue: 5
ISSN: 1759-4774
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group  
Date Published: 2016-05-01
Start Page: 273
End Page: 290
Language: English
ACCESSION: WOS:000374452300004
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2016.25
PROVIDER: wos
PUBMED: 26977780
PMCID: PMC5551685
Notes: Review -- Source: Wos
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  3. Danny Nejad Khalil
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  4. Eric Smith
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