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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2026

Immunotherapy in pediatric bone sarcomas: Current progress and future directions.

Rachel Weil, David M Loeb

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Rachel WeilDepartment of Pediatrics, Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Cancer Dormancy Institute, Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Institute for Immunotherapy for Cancer and Inflammatory Disorders, Albert Einstein, College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
David M LoebDepartment of Pediatrics, Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Cancer Dormancy Institute, Marilyn and Stanley M. Katz Institute for Immunotherapy for Cancer and Inflammatory Disorders, Albert Einstein, College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7319-5000

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric bone sarcomas continue to present substantial therapeutic challenges in the metastatic, relapsed, or refractory setting, where clinical outcomes have remained largely static for decades despite advances in multimodal therapy. This review summarizes emerging immunotherapeutic strategies aimed at overcoming the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, low mutational burden and limited targetable antigens characteristic of these tumors. Current clinical investigations span multiple immunotherapeutic modalities, including adoptive natural killer cell therapies, cytokine-based immune priming, CAR T cell approaches and a growing array of RNA-based therapeutics. Checkpoint inhibitors are also under evaluation, particularly in combination with immunomodulatory or targeted agents. Collectively, these trials highlight both the promise and limitations of immunotherapy in pediatric sarcomas and underscore the need for deeper understanding of sarcoma immune biology to guide future, more effective therapeutic strategies.

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Bone NeoplasmsImmunotherapyOsteosarcomaChildClinical Trials as TopicHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsKiller Cells, NaturalTumor MicroenvironmentImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsclinical trialEwing sarcomaimmune checkpoint inhibitorsimmunotherapyinnate immunitymRNA vaccinesnatural killer cellsOsteosarcoma

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PMID42366590
PMCPMC13321901

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