The emerging role of immunotherapy in colorectal cancer

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 16, 2016, Pages

  Lynch, David ^a   Murphy, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autologous cell therapy; Checkpoint inhibition; Colorectal cancer (CRC); Immunotherapy; Toll like receptors (TLRs); Vaccines cytokine therapy

Indexed keywords

AFLIBERCEPT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BCG VACCINE; CANCER VACCINE; CAPECITABINE; CETUXIMAB; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; DENDRITIC CELL VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR VACCINE; IMIQUIMOD; INTERLEUKIN 2; IPILIMUMAB; LEFITOLIMOD; LIRILUMAB; NIVOLUMAB; OXALIPLATIN; PANITUMUMAB; PEMBROLIZUMAB; PEPTIDE VACCINE; PREXASERTIB; REGORAFENIB; SIPULEUCEL T; UNINDEXED DRUG; VARLILUMAB; VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MELANOMA; METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

EID: 85006215785     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/atm.2016.08.29     Document Type: Review

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