Role of modern immunotherapy in gastrointestinal malignancies: A review of current clinical progress Ahmed Tarhini; Timothy Burns; Rahul Parikh; Guarvel Goel; Annie im

Journal of Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Myint, Zin W ^a   Goel, Gaurav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; CTLA 4; Esophageal cancer; Gastric cancer; Gastrointestinal cancers; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Immune checkpoint blockade; Immunotherapy; Pancreatic cancer; PD 1; PD L1

Indexed keywords

ATEZOLIZUMAB; AVELUMAB; AZACITIDINE; CANAKINUMAB; CISPLATIN; COBIMETINIB; DOCETAXEL; DURVALUMAB; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GALUNISERTIB; GEMCITABINE; GIMERACIL PLUS OTERACIL POTASSIUM PLUS TEGAFUR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR VACCINE; IPILIMUMAB; IRINOTECAN; MARGETUXIMAB; NINTEDANIB; NIVOLUMAB; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PEMBROLIZUMAB; RAMUCIRUMAB; REGORAFENIB; ROMIDEPSIN; TICILIMUMAB; TIPIRACIL PLUS TRIFLURIDINE; TRAMETINIB; UNINDEXED DRUG; CANCER VACCINE; CD274 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; IMMUNOLOGICAL ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PDCD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNIZATION; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CRYOABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROPORATION; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION ADENOCARCINOMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION CANCER; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MONOTHERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR ABLATION; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; B7-H1 ANTIGEN; CANCER VACCINES; CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CTLA-4 ANTIGEN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR;

EID: 85018815658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13045-017-0454-7     Document Type: Review

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