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Immunotherapy of colorectal cancer: New perspectives after a long path
Luigi PirtoliRossana IngargiolaMichele CaragliaSilvia ZappavignaPierpaolo PastinaPierpaolo CorrealeDomenico CilibertoPierfrancesco TassonePierosandro TagliaferriCirino Bottasubject
0301 basic medicineOncologymedicine.medical_specialtyBevacizumabColorectal cancermedicine.medical_treatmentImmunologycolorectal cancerthymidylate synthasechemotherapyCancer Vaccines03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineCostimulatory and Inhibitory T-Cell ReceptorsInternal medicineAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsmedicineAnimalsHumansPanitumumabImmunology and AllergyMolecular Targeted Therapyimmune-modulating strategieImmunotherapy metastatic colorectal cancer monoclonal antibodies target therapyCetuximabbusiness.industrytarget therapymetastatic colorectal cancercarcinoembryonic antigenAntibodies MonoclonalCancerCombination chemotherapyimmune-modulating strategiesImmunotherapymedicine.diseaseCombined Modality Therapy030104 developmental biologyOncology030220 oncology & carcinogenesisCancer vaccineImmunotherapymonoclonal antibodiesColorectal Neoplasmsbusinesscancer vaccinemedicine.drugdescription
Although significant therapeutic improvement has been achieved in the last 10 years, the survival of metastatic colorectal cancer patients remains in a range of 28 to 30 months. Presently, systemic treatment includes combination chemotherapy with oxaliplatin and/or irinotecan together with a backbone of 5-fluorouracil/levofolinate, alone or in combination with monoclonal antibodies to VEGFA (bevacizumab) or EGF receptor (cetuximab and panitumumab). The recent rise of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the therapeutic scenario has renewed scientific interest in the investigation of immunotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer patients. According to our experience and view, here, we review the immunological strategies investigated for the treatment of this disease, including the use of tumor target-specific cancer vaccines, chemo-immunotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors.
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| 2016-01-01 |