Vaccines (Aug 2022)

The Cellular and Molecular Immunotherapy in Prostate Cancer

  • Anirban Goutam Mukherjee,
  • Uddesh Ramesh Wanjari,
  • D. S. Prabakaran,
  • Raja Ganesan,
  • Kaviyarasi Renu,
  • Abhijit Dey,
  • Balachandar Vellingiri,
  • Sabariswaran Kandasamy,
  • Thiyagarajan Ramesh,
  • Abilash Valsala Gopalakrishnan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10081370
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 8
p. 1370

Abstract

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In recent history, immunotherapy has become a viable cancer therapeutic option. However, over many years, its tenets have changed, and it now comprises a range of cancer-focused immunotherapies. Clinical trials are currently looking into monotherapies or combinations of medicines that include immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), CART cells, DNA vaccines targeting viruses, and adoptive cellular therapy. According to ongoing studies, the discipline should progress by incorporating patient-tailored immunotherapy, immune checkpoint blockers, other immunotherapeutic medications, hormone therapy, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Despite significantly increasing morbidity, immunotherapy can intensify the therapeutic effect and enhance immune responses. The findings for the immunotherapy treatment of advanced prostate cancer (PCa) are compiled in this study, showing that is possible to investigate the current state of immunotherapy, covering new findings, PCa treatment techniques, and research perspectives in the field’s unceasing evolution.

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