Goswami Sangeeta, Aparicio Ana, Subudhi Sumit K
From the Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Cancer J. 2016 Mar-Apr;22(2):117-20. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000176.
Advanced prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in the United States. In the era of cancer immunotherapy, it was the first malignancy to demonstrate improved survival with a cancer-specific vaccine, thus proving that prostate cancer is an immune-responsive disease. However, the success with immune checkpoint therapies in metastatic prostate cancer has been limited to date with only a subset of patients experiencing clinical benefit. The relative lack of response could be attributed to patient selection based on clinical attributes and the tumor microenvironment. Here, we review the current data on immune checkpoint therapies in prostate cancer and propose future directions.
晚期前列腺癌是美国癌症死亡的第二大主要原因。在癌症免疫治疗时代,它是第一种通过癌症特异性疫苗显示出生存率提高的恶性肿瘤,从而证明前列腺癌是一种免疫反应性疾病。然而,迄今为止,免疫检查点疗法在转移性前列腺癌中的成功有限,只有一部分患者获得了临床益处。反应相对不足可能归因于基于临床特征和肿瘤微环境的患者选择。在此,我们回顾了目前关于前列腺癌免疫检查点疗法的数据,并提出未来的方向。