TY - JOUR
T1 - Immunotherapy in cervix cancer
AU - Attademo, Laura
AU - Tuninetti, Valentina
AU - Pisano, Carmela
AU - Cecere, Sabrina Chiara
AU - Di Napoli, Marilena
AU - Tambaro, Rosa
AU - Valabrega, Giorgio
AU - Musacchio, Lucia
AU - Setola, Sergio Venanzio
AU - Piccirillo, Patrizia
AU - Califano, Daniela
AU - Spina, Anna
AU - Losito, Simona
AU - Greggi, Stefano
AU - Pignata, Sandro
N1 - Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - The treatment approach to cervix cancer has remained unchanged for several decades and new therapeutic strategies are now required to improve outcomes, as the prognosis is still poor. In the last years, a better understanding of HPV tumor-host immune system interactions and the development of new therapeutics targeting immune checkpoints generated interest in the use of immunotherapy in cervix cancer. Preliminary phase I-II trials demonstrated the efficacy, the duration of responses and the manageable safety of this approach. Currently, many phase II and III studies are ongoing in both locally advanced and metastatic cervical cancer, assessing immunotherapy as a single agent or in combination with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. We reviewed the published data and the therapeutic implications of the most promising novel immunotherapeutic agents under investigation in cervix cancer.
AB - The treatment approach to cervix cancer has remained unchanged for several decades and new therapeutic strategies are now required to improve outcomes, as the prognosis is still poor. In the last years, a better understanding of HPV tumor-host immune system interactions and the development of new therapeutics targeting immune checkpoints generated interest in the use of immunotherapy in cervix cancer. Preliminary phase I-II trials demonstrated the efficacy, the duration of responses and the manageable safety of this approach. Currently, many phase II and III studies are ongoing in both locally advanced and metastatic cervical cancer, assessing immunotherapy as a single agent or in combination with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. We reviewed the published data and the therapeutic implications of the most promising novel immunotherapeutic agents under investigation in cervix cancer.
KW - Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological/therapeutic use
KW - Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic
KW - Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Neoplasm Staging
KW - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
KW - Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/drug therapy
U2 - 10.1016/j.ctrv.2020.102088
DO - 10.1016/j.ctrv.2020.102088
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32827839
VL - 90
SP - 102088
JO - Cancer Treat. Rev.
JF - Cancer Treat. Rev.
SN - 0305-7372
ER -