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SUBMITTER: Ellmark P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5222923 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ellmark Peter P Mangsbo Sara M SM Furebring Christina C Norlén Per P Tötterman Thomas H TH
Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII 20161006 1
The most important goals for the field of immuno-oncology are to improve the response rate and increase the number of tumor indications that respond to immunotherapy, without increasing adverse side effects. One approach to achieve these goals is to use tumor-directed immunotherapy, i.e., to focus the immune activation to the most relevant part of the immune system. This may improve anti-tumor efficacy as well as reduce immune-related adverse events. Tumor-directed immune activation can be achie ...[more]