John Wayne Cancer Institute, 2200 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA.
John Wayne Cancer Institute, 2200 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA.
Surg Clin North Am. 2014 Oct;94(5):1017-30, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2014.07.005. Epub 2014 Aug 7.
Cancer vaccines were one of the earliest forms of immunotherapy to be investigated. Past attempts to vaccinate against cancer, including melanoma, have mixed results, showing the complexity of what was believed to be a simple concept. However, several recent successes and the combination of improved knowledge of tumor immunology and the advent of new immunomodulators make vaccination a promising strategy for the future.
癌症疫苗是最早被研究的免疫疗法之一。过去针对癌症(包括黑色素瘤)的疫苗接种尝试结果喜忧参半,这表明人们原本认为简单的概念其实非常复杂。然而,最近的一些成功案例以及肿瘤免疫学知识的提高和新型免疫调节剂的出现,使得疫苗接种成为未来有前途的策略。