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Challenges Of Adoptive (T-)Cell Transfer Immunotherapy For Cancer, Aaron Volk
Challenges Of Adoptive (T-)Cell Transfer Immunotherapy For Cancer, Aaron Volk
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Background and significance: The rebirth of the theory of immunosurveillance in 2001 rejuvenated interest in anticancer immunotherapies. In particular, T-cell-based therapies have garnered substantial interest due to the robustness and tumor antigen-specific cytotoxicity of T-cell anticancer immune responses.
Hypothesis: The efficacy of adoptive cell transfer (ACT) T-cell immunotherapy could significantly improve and gain widespread approval if future innovations in ACT-based approaches account for the pro- and antitumoral properties of non-CD8+ lineages of effector T-cells, evasion of T-cell antitumor immunity, and tumor-induced suppression of antitumor immunity.
Problem Analysis: Despite numerous reports of highly successful ACT-based clinical trials, no such therapy …