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ReviewTurkish journal of medical sciences2020

Immune gene therapy of cancer

Hakan Akbulut

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Review in Turkish journal of medical sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Hakan AkbulutDepartment of Basic Oncology, Ankara University Cancer Research Institute, Ankara, TurkeyORCID 0000-0003-1631-5739

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer gene therapy emerged as a promising treatment modality 3 decades ago. However, the failure of the first gene therapy trials in cancer treatment has decreased its popularity. Likewise, immunotherapy has followed a similar course. While it was a popular and promising treatment with IL-2 and interferon and cancer vaccines in the 1980s, it later lost its popularity. Immunotherapy became one of the main options for cancer treatment with the successful use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in clinics approximately 10 years ago. The success of immunotherapy has increased even more with the introduction of cancer gene therapy methods in this area. With the identification of the oncolytic herpes simplex virus and Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells, immune gene therapy has become an essential modality in cancer treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeted therapies.

Indexed as

Genetic TherapyImmunotherapyAnimalsGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapy, AdoptiveMiceNeoplasmsGranulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating FactorImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorscancercytosine deaminasegene therapygranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factorImmunotherapy

Identifiers

PMID32512674
PMCPMC7672354

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