Advances in immunotherapy for treatment of lung cancer

Cancer Biology and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 209-222

  Alvarez, Jean G Bustamante ^a   González Cao, María ^b   Karachaliou, Niki ^b   Santarpia, Mariacarmela ^c   Viteri, Santiago ^b   Teixidó, Cristina ^d   Rosell, Rafael ^b,d,e,f  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITARI DEXEUS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d Pangaea Biotech   (Spain)

^e CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^f Fundacion Molecular Oncology Research   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated protein 4 (CTLA 4); Immune checkpoint inhibitors; Lung cancer; Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD 1); Programmed cell death protein ligand 1 (PD L1)

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ATEZOLIZUMAB; BELAGENPUMATUCEL L; BMS 936559; CANCER VACCINE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4 ANTIBODY; DOCETAXEL; DURVALUMAB; ERLOTINIB; IPILIMUMAB; LIRILUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PD 1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PD L1; MPDL 3280A; NIVOLUMAB; OSIMERTINIB; PEMBROLIZUMAB; PEPTIDE VACCINE; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; TECEMOTIDE; TERGENPUMATUCEL L; TERTOMOTIDE; TICILIMUMAB; TOPOTECAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URELUMAB;

ASTHENIA; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DECREASED APPETITE; DERMATITIS; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPNEA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENTEROCOLITIS; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RASH; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; VITILIGO;

EID: 84944312666     PISSN: 20953941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7497/j.issn.2095-3941.2015.0032     Document Type: Review

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