Immunotherapy for liver tumors: present status and future prospects.

Abstract:

:Increasing evidence suggests that immune responses are involved in the control of cancer and that the immune system can be manipulated in different ways to recognize and attack tumors. Progress in immune-based strategies has opened new therapeutic avenues using a number of techniques destined to eliminate malignant cells. In the present review, we overview current knowledge on the importance, successes and difficulties of immunotherapy in liver tumors, including preclinical data available in animal models and information from clinical trials carried out during the lasts years. This review shows that new options for the treatment of advanced liver tumors are urgently needed and that there is a ground for future advances in the field.

journal_name

J Biomed Sci

authors

Matar P,Alaniz L,Rozados V,Aquino JB,Malvicini M,Atorrasagasti C,Gidekel M,Silva M,Scharovsky OG,Mazzolini G

doi

10.1186/1423-0127-16-30

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-03-06 00:00:00

pages

30

eissn

1021-7770

issn

1423-0127

pii

1423-0127-16-30

journal_volume

16

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