Immunotherapy for lung cancer: for whom the bell tolls?

Tumor Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1411-1422

  Madureira, Pedro ^a,b,c   de Mello, Ramon Andrade ^d,e   de Vasconcelos, Alessandro ^f,g   Zhang, Yan ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^e PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^f Jorge Valente Hospital   (Brazil)

^g Instituto de Oncologia da Bahia   (Brazil)

^h Ningbo No7 Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Anti PD L1; CTLA 4; Dendritic cells; Immunotherapy; Ipilimumab; Lung cancer; Nivolumab; PD 1; Pembrolizumab

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CANCER VACCINE;

ANIMAL; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CANCER VACCINES; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUNG NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84930889437     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-015-3285-6     Document Type: Review

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