Demircan Nazım Can, Boussios Stergios, Tasci Tolga, Öztürk Mehmet Akif
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Department of Medical Oncology, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Gillingham, Kent, UK.
Ann Transl Med. 2020 Dec;8(24):1714. doi: 10.21037/atm-20-4499.
Ovarian cancer (OC) is the major cause of gynecologic cancer deaths and relapse is common despite advances in surgery and systemic chemotherapy. Therefore, novel treatments are required to improve long-term outcomes of the disease. Efficacy of immunotherapy was demonstrated in many tumors and it has been since incorporated into clinical practice for them. Although early data form preclinical studies imply that OC has an immunogenic microenvironment, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) did not produce favorable results in clinical trials to date. This review will highlight data from clinical studies regarding immunotherapy in OC and its combination with other agents as well as immunologic prospects which could strengthen the therapeutic armament against the disease in the future.
卵巢癌(OC)是妇科癌症死亡的主要原因,尽管手术和全身化疗取得了进展,但复发仍很常见。因此,需要新的治疗方法来改善该疾病的长期预后。免疫疗法在许多肿瘤中都显示出疗效,并且此后已被纳入这些肿瘤的临床实践。尽管临床前研究的早期数据表明OC具有免疫原性微环境,但免疫检查点抑制剂(ICI)迄今为止在临床试验中并未产生令人满意的结果。本综述将重点介绍关于OC免疫疗法及其与其他药物联合应用的临床研究数据,以及未来可能加强针对该疾病治疗手段的免疫学前景。