Cancer Immunology

Diane Tseng, Liora Schultz, Drew Pardoll, Crystal Mackall

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the biology of tumor-immune system interactions and discusses how scientific insights from immunology have translated into novel strategies for harnessing the immune response to treat cancer, highlighting recent developments in T-cell checkpoint-blocking antibodies, adoptive therapies with engineered T cells, and cancer vaccines.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAbeloff’s Clinical Oncology
PublisherElsevier
Pages84-96.e5
ISBN (Electronic)9780323476744
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

  • Adoptive cell therapy
  • Cancer immunology
  • Cancer vaccine
  • Checkpoint blockade

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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