Immunotherapy for advanced gastric and esophageal cancer: Preclinical rationale and ongoing clinical investigations

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 561-569

  Raufi, Alexander G ^a   Klempner, Samuel J ^b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; checkpoint; Esophageal; Gastric; Immunotherapy; Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD 1); Programmed death ligand 1 (PD L1)

Indexed keywords

AVELUMAB; BCG VACCINE; BMS 936559; CISPLATIN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; DURVALUMAB; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GIMERACIL PLUS OTERACIL POTASSIUM PLUS TEGAFUR; IPILIMUMAB; KRESTIN; LIRILUMAB; MITOMYCIN; MPDL 3280A; NIVOLUMAB; PEMBROLIZUMAB; PICIBANIL; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 2; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; TICILIMUMAB;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; TUMOR ESCAPE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84995785011     PISSN: 20786891     EISSN: 2219679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2015.037     Document Type: Review

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