Cancer dormancy: A regulatory role for endogenous immunity in establishing and maintaining the tumor dormant state

Vaccines

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 597-619

  Baxevanis, Constantin N ^a   Perez, Sonia A ^a  

^a SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cells; Endogenous immunity; Immunoediting; Immunotherapy; Targeted therapies; Tumor dormancy; Tumor microenvironment; Tumor oriented therapies

Indexed keywords

CANCER INFILTRATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; TUMOR IMMUNITY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 85016864689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2076393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines3030597     Document Type: Review

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