Update on immune checkpoint inhibitors in gynecological cancers

Journal of Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Heong, Valerie ^a,b   Ngoi, Natalie ^a   Peng Tan, David Shao ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Immunotherapy; Neoplasms; Tumor microenvironment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CANCER VACCINE; CHECKPOINT KINASE INHIBITOR; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; CD274 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR MARKER; VACCINE;

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RESISTANCE; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CARCINOMA; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTIGENS, CD274; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CTLA-4 ANTIGEN; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; VACCINES;

EID: 85016036114     PISSN: 20050380     EISSN: 20050399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3802/jgo.2017.28.e20     Document Type: Review

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