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Review
. 2016 Jul 18;7(12):1599-1604.
doi: 10.7150/jca.16208. eCollection 2016.

Current Status and Perspective of Immunotherapy in Gastrointestinal Cancers

Jung Hoon Kim  1 , Bum Jun Kim  1 , Hyeong Su Kim  1 , Jung Han Kim  1
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Review

Current Status and Perspective of Immunotherapy in Gastrointestinal Cancers

Jung Hoon Kim et al. J Cancer. .

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy is at dawn of the Renaissance after the Medieval Dark Ages. Recent advances of understanding tumor immunology and molecular drug development are leading us to the epoch of cancer immunotherapy. Some types of immunotherapy have shown to provide survival benefit for patients with solid tumors such as malignant melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, or non-small cell lung cancer. Several studies have suggested that immune checkpoint inhibition might be effective in some patients with gastrointestinal cancers. However, the era of cancer immunotherapy in gastrointestinal cancers is still in an inchoate stage. Here we briefly review the current status and perspective of immunotherapeutic approaches in patients with gastrointestinal cancers.

Keywords: Cancer vaccines; Gastrointestinal cancers; Immune checkpoint inhibitors; Immunotherapy; Review..

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.

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