Checkpoint Blockade Plus Oncolytic Virus: A Hot Therapeutic Cancer Strategy

Caroline Robert

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Abstract

How can we transform an immune desert into a ‘hot tumor’ that is prone to respond to anti-programmed death (PD)-1 immunotherapy? This might be possible by injecting an oncolytic virus, engineered to induce local immune stimulation, prior to anti-PD-1 therapy. A recent study demonstrated that this combination – evaluated in a Phase Ib metastatic melanoma clinical study – yields promising results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)983-985
Number of pages3
JournalTrends in Molecular Medicine
Volume23
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2017
Externally publishedYes

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