Immunotherapy in prostate cancer: Review of the current evidence

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 339-357

  Fernandez Garcia E M ^a   Vera Badillo, F E ^b   Perez Valderrama, B ^c   Matos Pita, A S ^a   Duran, I ^b,c  

^a PHARMAMAR S A   (Spain)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immunotherapy; Metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC); Prostate cancer; Prostate specific antigen (PSA); Prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA); Prostatic acid phosphatase (PAP)

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CANCER VACCINE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; J591 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PDCD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR;

HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS, CASTRATION-RESISTANT; RESPONSE EVALUATION CRITERIA IN SOLID TUMORS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CANCER VACCINES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CTLA-4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS, CASTRATION-RESISTANT; RESPONSE EVALUATION CRITERIA IN SOLID TUMORS;

EID: 84939986556     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: 16993055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-014-1259-6     Document Type: Review

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