Combining active immunotherapy with immune checkpoint blockade for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer
Combining active immunotherapy with immune checkpoint blockade for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer作者机构:Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center Baltimore MD 21231 USA
出 版 物:《Asian Journal of Andrology》 (亚洲男性学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2012年第14卷第4期
页 面:520-521页
核心收录:
学科分类:0710[理学-生物学] 090602[农学-预防兽医学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 09[农学] 0906[农学-兽医学] 071007[理学-遗传学] 0901[农学-作物学] 0836[工学-生物工程] 090102[农学-作物遗传育种]
主 题:DOSE-ESCALATION TRIAL IPILIMUMAB
摘 要:Combination immunotherapy is emerging as a promising approach for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. This research highlight discusses the combination of a PSA-directed pox-viral vaccine and a monoclonal antibody blocking an important immune checkpoint molecule to treat men with metastatic castration- resistant prostate cancer. The results demonstrate feasibility and safety, as well as intriguing clinical responses to this combination therapy.