Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy: State of the Art and Future Perspectives
A special issue of Current Oncology (ISSN 1718-7729).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 98083
Special Issue Editors
Interests: epithelial to mesenchymal transition; cancer stem cells; immune checkpoints; triple negative breast cancer
Interests: colorectal cancer; gastric cancer; ovarian cancer
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue, we aim to collect original studies, meta-analyses, clinical studies, reviews, and letters investigating recent advances in knowledge around immune checkpoint inhibition strategies in various cancers.
Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-based immunotherapy represents one of the most significant therapeutic innovations in the oncologic landscape to date. The recent introduction of ICIs, which mainly targets cytotoxic T lymphocyte–associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), programmed cell death 1 (PD-1), and its ligand (PD-L1), not only benefits patients with metastatic melanoma but also those with historically less responsive tumor types. However, these ICIs have their own distinctive adverse events, which are collectively named “immune-related adverse events”. The biological mechanisms contributing to these immune-related adverse events are still poorly understood and warrant further studies.
Clinical studies have shown that only a subset of cancer patients respond to ICI therapies. Better understanding of the tumor microenvironmental and immune status through biomarkers and other biological mechanisms may help to decipher the reasons behind differential responses and the development of resistance to ICI therapies. Moreover, the initial clinical trials of ICI combinations have yielded more promising results than ICI monotherapy alone. The number of checkpoints identified has been increasing in recent times. Biomarker identification and personalized treatment aimed at minimizing toxicity while maintaining therapeutic efficacy remain unmet medical needs and thus merit further research and clinical efforts.
Dr. Aparna Jayachandran
Prof. Dr. George Kannourakis
Dr. Prashanth Prithviraj
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- immune checkpoint inhibitors
- drug resistance
- immune related adverse events
- biomarkers
- personalized treatment
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