Hepatitis B Screening Urged for Patients Undergoing Chemo, Immunotherapy
To prevent reactivation, antiviral therapy recommended for chemotherapy, immunotherapy patients who are hepatitis B positive.
To prevent reactivation, antiviral therapy recommended for chemotherapy, immunotherapy patients who are hepatitis B positive.
Researchers delineated the intratumoral dendritic cells population and identified CD103+ DCs, extremely sparse yet remarkably capable cytotoxic T cell (CTL) stimulators.
Researchers discovered a potentially safe and effective novel treatment for pancreatic cancer.
Researchers identified potential new targets for personalized cancer vaccines.
[Cancer Control] Immunotherapeutic approaches to treating cancer have been evaluated during the last few decades with limited success.
Researchers were able to identify mutated tumor targets that will improve the efficacy of adoptive T-cell therapy in patients with metastatic melanoma.
Recently published data indicates that patients with metastatic kidney cancer can benefit from high-dose IL-2 immunotherapy.
An innovative approach to cancer treatment through dendritic cell vaccination has shown promise in eliciting immune responses to attack cancer cells.
Clifford Hudis, MD, discusses advances in immunotherapy, which he views as one of the biggest breakthroughs in oncology during his tenure as president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
As immune checkpoint inhibitors come into wider clinical use, previously rare and potentially life-threatening immune-mediated endocrine system reactions may become more common.