Cellular immunity augmentation in mainstream oncologic therapy

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2017-02-12
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Anticancerimmunotherapyhasundergonealongevolvingjourneyfordecades,andhasbeendramaticallyappliedtomainstreamtreatmentsinoncologyinrecent5years.Thisprogressrepresentsanadvancedmilestonefollowingcytotoxicmedicineandtargetedtherapy.Cellularimmunityplaysapivotalroleintheimmuneresponsesofhoststotumorantigens.Suchimmunityisnotablysuppressedduringneoplasticprogressionduetoimmuno-editingprocesses.Cellularimmunitycanalsobeselectivelyreactivatedtocombatmalignancieswhileexploitingtheadvantagesofcontemporaryscientificbreakthroughsinmolecularimmunologyandgeneticengineering.Therapidadvancementofcellularimmunity-basedtherapeuticapproacheshasachievedhighefficacyincertaincancerpatients.Consequently,thelandscapeofoncologicmedicineandpharmaceuticalinnovationhastransformedrecently.Inthisregard,wepresentacomprehensiveupdateonclinicallyestablishedanti-cancertreatmentswithcellimmunityaugmentationasthemajormechanismofaction.