Potentiality of immunotherapy against hepatocellular carcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 36, 2015, Pages 10314-10326

  Tsuchiya, Nobuhiro ^a,b   Sawada, Yu ^b   Endo, Itaru ^b   Uemura, Yasushi ^a   Nakatsura, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell transfer immunotherapy; Cytokine therapy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Immune checkpoint inhibitors; Immunotherapy; Tumor associated antigens therapy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IPILIMUMAB; NIVOLUMAB; PEMBROLIZUMAB; TICILIMUMAB; TUMOR ANTIGEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CELL TRANSFER; DRUG TARGETING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ANIMAL; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IMMUNOTHERAPY, ADOPTIVE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942309003     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i36.10314     Document Type: Review

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