ReviewBiomedicines2022
How Chemotherapy Affects the Tumor Immune Microenvironment: A Narrative Review.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Sintilimab with two cycles of chemotherapy for the treatment of advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer: a phase 2 clinical trial.Nature communications · 2024Trial
- AI-assisted image analysis of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes as a prognostic marker in chemotherapy-naïve luminal breast cancer.NPJ breast cancer · 2026Article
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- Checkpoint Inhibition in Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia: A Narrative Review on the Reawakening of Antitumor Immunity.Advances in therapy · 2026Review
- Prognostic Significance of Tumor-Cell VISTA Expression on Survival Outcomes in Nivolumab-Treated Pleural Mesothelioma: The HOT1901 Retrospective Multi-Institutional Study.ImmunoTargets and therapy · 2026Article
- The interplay between oncolytic viruses, Toll-like receptor signaling, and chemotherapy in overcoming tumor immune tolerance.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Review
- Integrated plasma proteomics identifies HLA-G and osteopontin as circulating biomarkers of resistance to PD-1 inhibitor plus chemotherapy in choriocarcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Leukocyte Ratios Predict Metastasis, Recurrence, and Mortality in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Cytotoxic Chemotherapy.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Observational
- Dendritic cell immunotherapy advances for solid tumors: Vaccination and modulation.Cell reports. Medicine · 2025Review
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- High-plex imaging of hepatoblastoma and adjacent liver in pediatric patients reveals a predominant myeloid infiltrate expressing immune-checkpoints.Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 2025Article
- Survival Outcomes of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Conjunction with Cranial Radiation for Older Adults with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Synchronous Brain Metastasis.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Article
- Coexisting Lung Cancer and Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive Review From Incidence to Management.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Review
- Unveiling the Synergistic Potential: Bispecific Antibodies in Conjunction with Chemotherapy for Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treatment.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Review
- CDK2 inhibition sensitizes anthracycline-induced immunogenic cell death and enhances the efficacy of anti-PD-1 therapy.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Alteration of PD-L1 (SP142) status after neoadjuvant chemotherapy and its clinical significance in triple-negative breast cancer.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2024Article
- Magnetic resonance imaging radiomics-based prediction of severe inflammatory response in locally advanced rectal cancer patients after neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Article
- Real-World Assessment of Recommended COVID-19 Vaccination Waiting Period after Chemotherapy.Vaccines · 2024Article
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Chemotherapy is much more effective in immunocompetent mice than in immunodeficient ones, and it is now acknowledged that an efficient immune system is necessary to optimize chemotherapy activity and efficacy. Furthermore, chemotherapy itself may reinvigorate immune response in different ways: by targeting cancer cells through the induction of cell stress, the release of damage signals and the induction of immunogenic cell death, by targeting immune cells, inhibiting immune suppressive cells and/or activating immune effector cells; and by targeting the host physiology through changes in the balance of gut microbiome. All these effects acting on immune and non-immune components interfere with the tumor microenvironment, leading to the different activity and efficacy of treatments. This article describes the correlation between chemotherapy and the immune changes induced in the tumor microenvironment. Our ultimate aim is to pave the way for the identification of the best drugs or combinations, the doses, the schedules and the right sequences to use when chemotherapy is combined with immunotherapy.
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