Tumor Vaccine Development, Immune-Based Therapies and Immune Markers
A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Vaccines and Immunotherapy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 2271
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Interests: head and neck cancer; immunotherapy; translational research
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Interests: breast cancer; immunotherapy; translational research
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, there has been substantial progress in the development of new therapeutic strategies against tumors. The significance of immunotherapy in this field is increasing, and the importance of understanding the interaction between tumor cells and the immune system is dramatically growing.
A deeper understanding of the multiple immunosuppressive mechanisms leading to tumor escape is paving the way for the development of an incredible number of new immunotherapies.
Similarly, the enormous ongoing effort to identify reliable markers of response will enable personalized therapies.
Finally, after many disappointing experiences in the past, greater knowledge of the tumor microenvironment and of the immune response mechanisms have improved the expectations which can be placed on anti-tumor vaccines.
Indeed, tumor vaccination has swiftly expanded over the last few years to incorporate in vitro approaches such as T-cell transfer therapy, in situ vaccination, and the use of oncolytic viruses, all with the purpose of inducing antitumor response.
In combination with the other strategies, including chemotherapy, monoclonal antibodies, radiation therapy, and different immunotherapeutic approaches involving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, cancer vaccines will become soon an important new tool in fighting cancer.
This Special issue is focused on the recent scientific research, progress, and achievements in the fields of immunotherapy against cancer, the effectiveness of cancer vaccines on tumors and tumor microenvironment. We invite and welcome all scholars to contribute with original articles, systematic reviews, short communications, and other types of articles on related topics are welcome.
Dr. Marco Carlo Merlano
Dr. Ornella Garrone
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- new immunotherapy strategies
- anticancer vaccines
- tumor microenvironment-associated markers of response
- mechanisms of primary and secondary immune resistance
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