Special Issue "Cancer Immunotherapy: Focus on Multidisciplinary Approaches and Predictive Biomarkers"
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2023) | Viewed by 8293
Special Issue Editors

Interests: gastrointestinal tumors; translational research; clinical trials
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2. Department of Human Pathology “G. Barresi”, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy
Interests: lung cancer; targeted therapy; immunotherapy; personalized medicine; biomarkers
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Interests: thoracic oncology; cancer immunotherapy; precision oncology; translational research
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A deeper understanding of the mechanisms involved in antitumor immunity has led to the development of a number of immunotherapies, including immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), which have markedly changed the treatment scenario of hematological malignancies and solid tumors. Immune checkpoint inhibitors, including monoclonal antibodies directed against the programmed cell death-1 (PD-1)/programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) pathway or the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) pathway, currently represent the standard of care for the treatment of a large number of metastatic tumors and have also proven to be effective as part of multimodality therapeutic approaches to locally advanced and early-stage tumors. However, despite demonstration of significant clinical efficacy, initial objective responses to ICIs are still unsatisfactory, and almost all patients ultimately develop acquired resistance to treatment over time. Moreover, the development of immune-related adverse events can limit the use of these beneficial agents in the clinical setting. Hence, it is of crucial importance to identify predictive biomarkers to select those patients most likely benefiting from immunotherapy to improve patient outcomes while potentially avoiding toxicities with these drugs.
In this Special Issue, we will include research articles and reviews covering current knowledge and outlooks on predictive biomarkers in tissue and liquid biopsy and combinatorial therapeutic strategies integrating immunotherapy with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeted agents, in different tumor types and settings of disease. Mechanisms and management of immune-related toxicities will also be discussed.
Prof. Dr. Nicola Silvestris
Dr. Mariacarmela Santarpia
Dr. Tindara Franchina
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- immunotherapy
- immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)
- predictive biomarkers
- multidisciplinary treatments
- immune-related toxicity