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ArticleJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2021

A vision of immuno-oncology: the Siena think tank of the Italian network for tumor biotherapy (NIBIT) foundation.

Michele Maio, Michael Lahn, Anna Maria Di Giacomo, Alessia Covre, Luana Calabrò, Ramy Ibrahim, Bernard Fox, Siena Think Tank

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Article in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Michele MaioCenter for Immuno-Oncology, Medical Oncology and Immunotherapy, University Hospital of Siena, Viale Mario Bracci, 16, Siena, Italy. maio@unisi.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0323-6321
Michael LahniOnctura SA, Avenue Secheron 15, Geneva, Switzerland.
Anna Maria Di GiacomoCenter for Immuno-Oncology, Medical Oncology and Immunotherapy, University Hospital of Siena, Viale Mario Bracci, 16, Siena, Italy.
Alessia CovreCenter for Immuno-Oncology, Medical Oncology and Immunotherapy, University Hospital of Siena, Viale Mario Bracci, 16, Siena, Italy.
Luana CalabròCenter for Immuno-Oncology, Medical Oncology and Immunotherapy, University Hospital of Siena, Viale Mario Bracci, 16, Siena, Italy.
Ramy IbrahimParker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, 1 Letterman Drive, San Francisco, 94012, USA.
Bernard FoxEarle A. Chiles Research Institute at the Robert W. Franz Cancer Center, 4805 NE Glisan St. Suite 2N35, Portland, OR, 97213, USA.
Siena Think Tank
University of Siena · ITNetwork Italiano Per la Bioterapia Dei Tumori · ITParker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy · USProvidence Portland Medical Center · US

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF T 974
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe yearly Think Tank Meeting of the Italian Network for Tumor Biotherapy (NIBIT) Foundation, brings together in Siena, Tuscany (Italy), experts in immuno-oncology to review the learnings from current immunotherapy treatments, and to propose new pre-clinical and clinical investigations in selected research areas. MAIN: While immunotherapies in non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma led to practice changing therapies, the same therapies had only modest benefit for patients with other malignancies, such as mesothelioma and glioblastoma. One way to improve on current immunotherapies is to alter the sequence of each combination agent. Matching the immunotherapy to the host's immune response may thus improve the activity of the current treatments. A second approach is to combine current immunotherapies with novel agents targeting complementary mechanisms. Identifying the appropriate novel agents may require different approaches than the traditional laboratory-based discovery work. For example, artificial intelligence-based research may help focusing the search for innovative and most promising combination partners.

conclusionNovel immunotherapies are needed in cancer patients with resistance to or relapse after current immunotherapeutic drugs. Such new treatments may include targeted agents or monoclonal antibodies to overcome the immune-suppressive tumor microenvironment. The mode of combining the novel treatments, including vaccines, needs to be matched to the patient's immune status for achieving the maximum benefit. In this scenario, specific attention should be also paid nowadays to the immune intersection between COVID-19 and cancer.

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Antibodies, MonoclonalCOVID-19HumansImmunityImmunotherapyItalyMedical OncologyNeoplasmsAntibodies, MonoclonalArtificial intelligenceCorona virus disease 19 (COVID-19)GlioblastomaImmunotherapyMelanomaMesotheliomaNovel treatmentsPD1PD-L1

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