Special Issue "Advancements in Cancer Immunotherapy beyond Checkpoint Blockade"

Dear Colleagues,

The advent of T-cell checkpoint inhibitors has revolutionized cancer therapy, leading to increased survival rates and even complete remission for numerous cancer patients. Despite their ability to enhance CD8+ T cell responses, other immune cell populations have been identified as potential targets for improving outcomes in cancer patients. Manipulating myeloid cells and other lymphocytes in pre-clinical models has demonstrated promising results in impeding cancer progression. This special issue aims to showcase the latest developments in immunotherapy targets that extend beyond CD8+ T cells.

Therefore, we would like to invite you all to contribute an original paper or a review paper on recent novel concepts based on basic and/or clinical research to understand role of various immune cells for the better management of cancers, a deadliest disease accounting over 10 million deaths worldwide, annually.

Dr. Ram Prasad
Dr. Vikash Kansal
Guest Editors

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• T-cell function in cancer
• immune checkpoint blockade
• CD8+ T cell responses
• myeloid cells
• immunotherapy targets
• cancer progression