{"title":"Antibody-Drug Conjugate-Induced Pneumonitis: A Growing Threat.","authors":"Kathy L Chan, Saadia A Faiz, Ajay Sheshadri","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-25-X1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-25-X1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"141-142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12001233/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143996137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos Torrado, Elise Nassif Haddad, Neeta Somaiah, Pavlos Msaouel, Alexander J Lazar, Sarina A Piha-Paul
{"title":"Advancing Understanding and Therapeutic Strategies for NUT Sarcomas: Comprehensive Review of the Literature and Two Cases.","authors":"Carlos Torrado, Elise Nassif Haddad, Neeta Somaiah, Pavlos Msaouel, Alexander J Lazar, Sarina A Piha-Paul","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-28","DOIUrl":"10.36401/JIPO-24-28","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Soft tissue sarcomas (STSs) are a group of rare cancers, among which nuclear protein in testis (NUT) sarcomas represent an ultra-rare subset driven by <i>NUTM1</i> gene fusions. This article presents two unique cases of NUT sarcomas and conducts a comprehensive review of the literature to include an additional 61 cases. Our review reveals that NUT sarcoma exhibits a slightly higher incidence among women (male-to-female ratio of 1:1.03) and tends to manifest at a relatively young age (median age of 40 years). The most prevalent <i>NUT</i> partner genes were the <i>MAD</i> family in 52% of patients (33 of 63 patients, including <i>MGA</i> [<i>n</i> = 12], <i>MXD4</i> [<i>n</i> = 12], <i>MXD1</i> [<i>n</i> = 2], and <i>MXI1</i> [<i>n</i> = 7]), <i>CIC</i> in 30% of patients (<i>n</i> = 19), and bromodomain (BRD) proteins in 8% of patients (<i>n</i> = 5 patients total, including <i>BRD4</i> [<i>n</i> = 4] and <i>BRD3</i> [<i>n</i> = 1]). Although 60% of NUT sarcomas (38 of 63 patients) are diagnosed in early stages, half of these patients (19 of 38 patients) experienced relapse despite curative-intent surgery. The median survival of the 21 patients evaluable for survival was 14 months. Finally, among 21 patients who received systemic therapy, only three patients receiving chemotherapy showed disease control, as defined by response or stability of the disease. This article emphasizes the importance of prompt diagnosis through immunohistochemistry and/or next-generation sequencing testing, advocates for the establishment of a NUT sarcoma registry, and emphasizes the need for clinical trials to advance drug development for this rare disease. Delving into a detailed analysis of pathogenesis of the distinct <i>NUT</i> fusions, this article reviews innovative treatment approaches to NUT sarcoma. These strategies include BRD and extraterminal (BET) inhibitors, trabectedin, inhibitors of the EP300 histone acetyltransferase, and histone deacetylase inhibitors such as vorinostat. In the absence of clinical trials, the results from this review suggest that trabectedin-based or ifosfamide-based regimens, particularly in combination with doxorubicin, may offer a reasonable approach as frontline therapy for NUT sarcomas.</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"113-120"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11896019/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143605008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mirella Nardo, Mohamed A Gouda, Matthew J Reilley, Amadeo B Biter, Joann Lim, Stacie A Bean, Ly M Nguyen, Priya R Bhosale, Casey R Ager, Coline A Couillault, Sarina A Piha-Paul, Siqing Fu, Apostolia M Tsimberidou, Timothy A Yap, Aung Naing, Jordi Rodon, Vivek Subbiah, Daniel D Karp, Michael A Curran, David S Hong
{"title":"Lefitolimod in Combination with Ipilimumab in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors: A Phase I Trial.","authors":"Mirella Nardo, Mohamed A Gouda, Matthew J Reilley, Amadeo B Biter, Joann Lim, Stacie A Bean, Ly M Nguyen, Priya R Bhosale, Casey R Ager, Coline A Couillault, Sarina A Piha-Paul, Siqing Fu, Apostolia M Tsimberidou, Timothy A Yap, Aung Naing, Jordi Rodon, Vivek Subbiah, Daniel D Karp, Michael A Curran, David S Hong","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-17","DOIUrl":"10.36401/JIPO-24-17","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>TLR9 agonists are immunomodulators that have been of interest for combined use with cancer immunotherapy. TLR9 agonists, such as lefitolimod (MGN1703), significantly increased Th1 response in preclinical models and have demonstrated efficacy in early clinical trials. This trial assessed the safety and preliminary efficacy of the combination of lefitolimod and ipilimumab in patients with advanced solid tumors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a single-center, open-label, investigator-initiated phase I trial conducted at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Patients received leftolimod either subcutaneously (at escalating doses of 15-120 mg) or intratumorally (at the maximum feasible dose) in combination with ipilimumab (3 mg/kg). Paired biopsy samples were collected before the start of treatment and after two treatment cycles and analyzed by flow cytometry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We enrolled a total of 28 patients in this study with a median age of 56 years (range 19-75) in the escalation cohort and 60 years (range 34 -92) in the expansion cohort. The median number of prior lines of therapy was 4 (range 0-12). Eleven patients had at least one treatment-related adverse event (TRAE). The most common TRAEs were skin rash (<i>n</i> = 4, 14%), fatigue (<i>n</i> = 3, 11%), and pruritis (<i>n</i> = 2, 7%). No grade 4 or 5 AEs occurred, and no patients required dose reduction or treatment discontinuation due to AEs. The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) was not reached in this study. Of 28 patients, 21 patients had response-evaluable disease. No patients had a complete or partial response; 8 and 13 patients had stable and progressive disease as the best response, respectively. Paired biopsy samples were obtained from five patients. Increases in intratumoral CD8 T-cell frequency, memory CD8 phenotype (CD45RO<sup>+</sup>), and proliferation (Ki67<sup>+</sup>) in four of five patients suggested that the combination of lefitolimod and ipilimumab led to proinflammatory immune conditioning of the tumor microenvironment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The combination of lefitolimod (administered subcutaneously or intratumorally) and ipilimumab was safe and well tolerated but demonstrated modest antitumor activity in patients with advanced cancers. <b>ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02668770</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"89-98"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11824599/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143433022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohamed A Gouda, Abdulrazzak Zarifa, Yali Yang, Bettzy Stephen, Serdar A Gurses, Ashabari Sprenger, Yanyan Tian, Mohamed H Derbala, Isabella Glitza Oliva, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Sapna P Patel
{"title":"Selinexor (KPT-330) in Combination with Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Uveal Melanoma: A Phase 1B Trial.","authors":"Mohamed A Gouda, Abdulrazzak Zarifa, Yali Yang, Bettzy Stephen, Serdar A Gurses, Ashabari Sprenger, Yanyan Tian, Mohamed H Derbala, Isabella Glitza Oliva, Funda Meric-Bernstam, Sapna P Patel","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-10","DOIUrl":"10.36401/JIPO-24-10","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Uveal melanoma remains a disease with aggressive behavior and poor prognosis despite advances in clinical management. Because monotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors has led to limited improvement in response rates, combination with other agents that act on the biological basis of oncogenesis has been proposed as a possible therapeutic strategy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We designed a phase 1b trial to test the safety and tolerability of selinexor in combination with immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced uveal melanoma. Patients received selinexor 60 mg PO twice weekly with standard of care, commercially available immune checkpoint inhibitor of the investigator's choice. In one patient receiving nivolumab and ipilimumab as the immunotherapy backbone, selinexor 60 mg PO was given once weekly.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 10 patients with uveal melanoma who received treatment with either selinexor plus pembrolizumab (<i>n</i> = 9) or selinexor plus nivolumab and ipilimumab (<i>n</i> = 1). The most common adverse events of any grade were neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, and anemia. Additional common nonhematological toxicities included hyponatremia, nausea, and vomiting. Dose reductions were required in six patients (60%). Among nine patients with evaluable disease, eight had stable disease as the best response. The median progression-free and overall survival were 6 months (95% CI: 4, not reached and 17 months (95% CI: 7, not reached), respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The combination of selinexor and immunotherapy was safe and showed a side effect profile consistent with previous reports. Clinical benefit was achieved in most patients and should be validated in larger phase 2 trials. ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02419495.</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 1","pages":"82-88"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11728387/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143006561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aung Naing, Amit Mahipal, Milind Javle, Judy Wang, Todd M Bauer, David L Bajor, Anthony D Elias, Anthony Shields, Elizabeth Davis, Sant Chawla, Howard Safran, John D Powderly, Gina D'Amato, Christian F Meyer, Xiongwen Tang, Sheng Yao, Patricia Keegan
{"title":"Safety and Efficacy of Toripalimab in Patients with Cholangiocarcinoma: An Open-Label, Phase 1 Study.","authors":"Aung Naing, Amit Mahipal, Milind Javle, Judy Wang, Todd M Bauer, David L Bajor, Anthony D Elias, Anthony Shields, Elizabeth Davis, Sant Chawla, Howard Safran, John D Powderly, Gina D'Amato, Christian F Meyer, Xiongwen Tang, Sheng Yao, Patricia Keegan","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-8","DOIUrl":"10.36401/JIPO-24-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>This was the first phase 1 study conducted in the United States. It consisted of dose-escalation (part A) and multiple indication-specific cohort expansion (part B), investigating the safety and preliminary efficacy of toripalimab (anti-programmed cell death-1 inhibitor) in patients with advanced malignancies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with advanced malignancies that progressed after treatment with at least one prior line of standard systemic therapy, including the patients with advanced/recurrent cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), received toripalimab 240 mg every 3 weeks in part B. The primary endpoint was safety assessment. Efficacy endpoints included objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), duration of response (DoR), progression-free survival (PFS) as assessed by the investigators according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (version 1.1) and overall survival (OS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In part B, 166 patients, including the 42 patients with CCA, were enrolled and received toripalimab. Among the 166 patients, treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) of any grade occurred in 158 (95.2%) patients, and 97 (58.4%) patients experienced TEAEs of Grade 3 or greater. The most common TEAE was fatigue (42.2%). Seven (4.2%) patients experienced TEAEs with a fatal outcome, none of which were identified by investigators as related to toripalimab. Investigator-assessed immune-related adverse events (irAE) of Grade 3 or higher occurred in 7 (4.2%) patients. In the CCA cohort, with the median follow-up of 4.4 months, the ORR and DCR were 4.8% (95% CI: 0.58, 16.16) and 40.5% (95% CI: 25.63, 56.72), respectively; median DoR was 7.8 (range 4.4+ to 7.8) months; median PFS was 2.1 (95% CI: 1.91, 3.88) months; median OS was not estimable.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Toripalimab had manageable side effects in patients with refractory cholangiocarcinoma and exhibited preliminary evidence of anti-tumor activity. However, further information regarding biomarkers is needed. <b>ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03474640</b>.</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 1","pages":"71-81"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11728388/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143006559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Successful Targeting of Somatic <i>VHL</i> Alterations With Belzutifan in Two Cases.","authors":"Bicky Thapa, Aditya Shreenivas, Kathryn Bylow, Hui-Zi Chen, Ben George, Razelle Kurzrock","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-24-13","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is commonly associated with alterations in the <i>VHL</i> tumor suppressor gene, resulting in upregulation of hypoxia-inducible factor pathways. Immune checkpoint inhibitors and vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors are the mainstays of systemic treatment for metastatic RCC; however, most patients encounter disease progression after the initial response. The phase 3 clinical trial LITESPARK-005-belzutifan (HIF-2α inhibitor) demonstrated improvement in progression-free survival compared with everolimus in heavily pretreated patients unselected for somatic/germline <i>VHL</i> alterations (an objective response rate of 23% and a median time on therapy of 7.6 months in the belzutifan cohort), resulting in U.S. FDA approval for patients with advanced RCC. Herein, we present two cases of refractory metastatic RCC (including one with brain metastases) with somatic <i>VHL</i> mutations who received belzutifan after discussion in the institutional Molecular Tumor Board. Both patients had an excellent clinical response (partial remissions ongoing at >12 and >20 months). Future studies should assess the merits of biomarker selection for belzutifan treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"7 4","pages":"308-313"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11541926/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142621982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning From Mistakes: Navigating Medical Errors in Oncology From Prevention to Management.","authors":"Daniel D Karp, Jessica A Osburn, Mohamed A Gouda","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-24-21","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"7 4","pages":"242-246"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11541923/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142621980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shadi Chamseddine, Betul Gok Yavuz, Yehia I Mohamed, Sunyoung S Lee, James C Yao, Zishuo Ian Hu, Michael LaPelusa, Lianchun Xiao, Ryan Sun, Jeffrey S Morris, Rikita I Hatia, Manal Hassan, Dan G Duda, Maria Diab, Amr Mohamed, Ahmed Nassar, Hesham M Amin, Ahmed Omar Kaseb
{"title":"Circulating Galectin-3: A Prognostic Biomarker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.","authors":"Shadi Chamseddine, Betul Gok Yavuz, Yehia I Mohamed, Sunyoung S Lee, James C Yao, Zishuo Ian Hu, Michael LaPelusa, Lianchun Xiao, Ryan Sun, Jeffrey S Morris, Rikita I Hatia, Manal Hassan, Dan G Duda, Maria Diab, Amr Mohamed, Ahmed Nassar, Hesham M Amin, Ahmed Omar Kaseb","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-6","DOIUrl":"10.36401/JIPO-24-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Galectin-3 plays critical roles in the adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation of tumor cells. Recent data have suggested that galectin-3 plays a role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, its prognostic value has not been validated. The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical and prognostic value of galectin-3 in patients with HCC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We prospectively enrolled and collected clinicopathologic data and serum samples from 767 patients with HCC between 2001 and 2014 at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Two hundred patients without HCC were also enrolled and had data collected. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate overall survival (OS) distributions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The median OS in this cohort was 14.2 months (95% CI, 12-16.1). At the time of analysis, the 1-year OS rate was 45% (95% CI, 0.4-0.51) among patients with high galectin-3 levels and 59% (95% CI, 0.54-0.63) among patients with low galectin-3 levels. OS was significantly inferior in patients with high galectin-3 levels than in patients with lower galectin-3 levels (median OS: 10.12 vs. 16.49 months; <i>p</i> = 0.0022). Additionally, the multivariate model showed a significant association between high galectin-3 level and poor OS (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.249; 95% CI, 1.005-1.554). Comparison between low ( <i>n</i> = 464 patients) and high ( <i>n</i> = 302 patients) galectin-3 levels showed that mean serum galectin-3 levels were significantly higher in patients with HCC who had hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection ( <i>p</i> = 0.0001), higher Child-Pugh score (CPS) ( <i>p</i> = 0.0009), and higher Cancer of the Liver Italian Program (CLIP) score ( <i>p</i> = 0.0015).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study shows that serum galectin-3 level is a valid prognostic biomarker candidate.</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"7 4","pages":"255-262"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11541930/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142621978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luan Phan, Elias Jabbour, Mara B Antonoff, Nitin Jain, Pei Lin, Cesar Moran, Naveen Pemmaraju
{"title":"Unexpected Mediastinal Mass Etiology in B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.","authors":"Luan Phan, Elias Jabbour, Mara B Antonoff, Nitin Jain, Pei Lin, Cesar Moran, Naveen Pemmaraju","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-24-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leukemic masses are a known complication in patients with hematologic malignancies. Here we present a case regarding a patient with recently diagnosed B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) who presented with multiple sites of extramedullary involvement including an anterior mediastinal mass. This mass persisted despite multiple rounds of multiagent cytotoxic therapy. In this report, we summarize the literature regarding mediastinal masses in the setting of B-ALL and illustrate that such masses in patients with leukemias may have surprising etiology, separate from the primary disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"7 4","pages":"314-316"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11541927/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142621998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos Diego Holanda Lopes, Camila Braganca Xavier, Carlos Torrado, Ana Carolina Veneziani, Thais Baccili Cury Megid
{"title":"A Comprehensive Exploration of Agents Targeting Tumor Microenvironment: Challenges and Future Perspectives.","authors":"Carlos Diego Holanda Lopes, Camila Braganca Xavier, Carlos Torrado, Ana Carolina Veneziani, Thais Baccili Cury Megid","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-23","DOIUrl":"10.36401/JIPO-24-23","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The tumor microenvironment (TME) encompasses the complex and diverse surroundings in which tumors arise. Emerging insights highlight the TME's critical role in tumor development, progression, metastasis, and treatment response. Consequently, the TME has attracted significant research and clinical interest, leading to the identification of numerous novel therapeutic targets. Advances in molecular technologies now enable detailed genomic and transcriptional analysis of cancer cells and the TME and the integration of microenvironmental data to the tumor genomic landscape. This comprehensive review discusses current progress in targeting the TME for drug development, addressing associated challenges, strategies for modulating the pro-tumor microenvironment, and the discovery of new targets.</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"7 4","pages":"283-299"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11541921/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142621971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}