FDA approval summary: pembrolizumab for the treatment of microsatellite instability-high solid tumors

L Marcus, SJ Lemery, P Keegan, R Pazdur - Clinical Cancer Research, 2019 - AACR
The FDA approved pembrolizumab on May 23, 2017, for the treatment of adult and pediatric
patients with unresectable or metastatic, microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H), or mismatch …

Enhancing cancer immunotherapy using antiangiogenics: opportunities and challenges

D Fukumura, J Kloepper, Z Amoozgar… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has emerged as a major therapeutic modality in oncology. Currently,
however, the majority of patients with cancer do not derive benefit from these treatments …

Anti-angiogenic agents in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a promising strategy for cancer treatment

Y Song, Y Fu, Q Xie, B Zhu, J Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Advances in cancer immunity have promoted a major breakthrough in the field of cancer
therapy. This is mainly associated with the successful development of immune checkpoint …

Tissue-specific Tregs in cancer metastasis: opportunities for precision immunotherapy

LA Huppert, MD Green, L Kim, C Chow… - Cellular & molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Decades of advancements in immuno-oncology have enabled the development of current
immunotherapies, which provide long-term treatment responses in certain metastatic cancer …

Harnessing the immune system in glioblastoma

NF Brown, TJ Carter, D Ottaviani… - British journal of cancer, 2018 - nature.com
Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant brain tumour. Survival is poor and
improved treatment options are urgently needed. Although immunotherapies have emerged …

Immunotherapy for malignant glioma: current status and future directions

H Wang, T Xu, Q Huang, W Jin, J Chen - Trends in pharmacological …, 2020 - cell.com
Glioma is the most common intracranial primary malignancy, with limited treatment options
and a poor overall survival (OS). Immunotherapy has been used successfully in various …

The current landscape of immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors

EI Hwang, EJ Sayour, CT Flores, G Grant… - Nature Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Pediatric central nervous system tumors are the most common solid malignancies in
childhood, and aggressive therapy often leads to long-term sequelae in survivors, making …

Pediatric cancer immunotherapy: opportunities and challenges

MF Wedekind, NL Denton, CY Chen, TP Cripe - Pediatric Drugs, 2018 - Springer
Cancer immunotherapies, widely heralded as transformational for many adult cancer
patients, are becoming viable options for selected subsets of pediatric cancer patients. Many …

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) triggers immune sensitization of refractory murine neuroblastoma to checkpoint inhibitor therapy

A Eranki, P Srinivasan, M Ries, AR Kim… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: Immunotherapy promises unprecedented benefits to patients with cancer.
However, the majority of cancer types, including high-risk neuroblastoma, remain …

News on immune checkpoint inhibitors as immunotherapy strategies in adult and pediatric solid tumors

O Melaiu, V Lucarini, R Giovannoni, D Fruci… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown unprecedented benefits in various adult
cancers, and this success has prompted the exploration of ICI therapy even in childhood …