Updates in immunotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma
作者机构:Medical OncologySão Paulo Clínicas Liver Cancer GroupHospital das Clínicas ComplexInstituto do Cancer do Estado de São PauloUniversity of São Paulo School of MedicineSão PauloSP 05403-000Brazil Department of GastroenterologySão Paulo Clínicas Liver Cancer GroupHospital das Clínicas ComplexInstituto do Cancer do Estado de São PauloUniversity of São Paulo School of MedicineSão PauloSP 05403-000Brazil
出 版 物:《Hepatoma Research》 (肝癌研究(英文版))
年 卷 期:2019年第5卷第10期
页 面:19-31页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Hepatocellular carcinoma immunotherapy immunosuppression prognosis immunology antibody vaccine
摘 要:Hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)carries an unfavorable prognosis and novel therapeutic strategies are *** now,only few systemic agents have improved survival in patients with advanced stage *** changed the landscape in several tumor types by producing unprecedented clinical outcomes with a favorable safety *** presents a particular immune-suppressive microenvironment and HCC develops in a background of chronic inflammation in the vast majority of *** this regard,immunotherapy may be a suitable *** research focused on therapies involving immune cells and anti-tumor immune response for HCC has shown encouraging preliminary *** checkpoint inhibitors,such the anti-PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies,have provided durable responses in patients with advanced stage disease,although the pioneers phaseⅢtrials did not confirm survival superiority over the available *** vaccines,adoptive cellular therapies and combinations of local modalities with immunotherapy are promising approaches under active research.