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ReviewFrontiers in molecular medicine2026

The future directions of CAR-T Cell therapy: unlocking the potential of immunotherapy in cancer treatment.

Angel Alberto Justiz-Vaillant, Sachin Soodeen, Rodolfo Arozarena-Fundora, Patrick Eberechi Akpaka, Chandrashekhar Unakal

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Review in Frontiers in molecular medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Angel Alberto Justiz-VaillantDepartment of Pathology/Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Sachin SoodeenDepartment of Pathology/Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Rodolfo Arozarena-FundoraNorth Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA), Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago.
Patrick Eberechi AkpakaDepartment of Pathology/Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Chandrashekhar UnakalDepartment of Pathology/Microbiology and Pharmacology, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has transformed the treatment landscape for relapsed and refractory haematological malignancies, producing durable clinical responses in patients with otherwise limited therapeutic options. Despite these advances, significant biological, clinical, and economic barriers continue to limit its broader application, particularly in solid tumours. This literature review critically evaluates recent developments in CAR-T cell therapy, with emphasis on areas that have received limited discussion in previous reviews. Multi-target CAR strategies, including bispecific, tandem, and pooled CAR-T cell approaches, are comparatively assessed with respect to antigen escape, manufacturing complexity, therapeutic efficacy, and safety. Current challenges in solid tumour treatment are examined through evidence from clinical trials, highlighting key obstacles such as antigen heterogeneity, the immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment, poor cellular trafficking, and treatment-related failures that have informed the development of next-generation CAR constructs. Emerging approaches to overcoming antigen loss, including γδ CAR-T cells, are reviewed alongside their current limitations, including restricted

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allogeneic CAR-T cellsCAR costCAR-T cell therapycytokine release syndromemulti-target CAR-T cellsprecision medicinepredictive biomarkerssolid tumours

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PMID42812538
PMCPMC13620351

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