TY - JOUR
T1 - The Italian Network for Tumor Biotherapy (NIBIT)
T2 - Getting together to push the field forward
AU - Maio, Michele
AU - Nicolay, Hugues J M
AU - Ascierto, Paolo
AU - Belardelli, Filippo
AU - Camerini, Roberto
AU - Colombo, Mario P.
AU - Queirolo, Paola
AU - Ridolfi, Ruggero
AU - Russo, Vincenzo
AU - Anzalone, Lucia
AU - Fonsatti, Ester
AU - Parmiani, Giorgio
PY - 2008/2/12
Y1 - 2008/2/12
N2 - As for a consolidated tradition, the 5th annual meeting of the Italian Network for Cancer Biotherapy took place in the Certosa of Pontignano, a Tuscan monastery, on September 20-22, 2007. The congress gathered more than 40 Italian leading groups representing academia, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Aim of the meeting was to share new advances in cancer bio-immunotherapy and to promote their swift translation from pre-clinical research to clinical applications. Several topics were covered including: a) molecular and cellular mechanisms of tumor escape; b) therapeutic antibodies and recombinant constructs; c) clinical trials up-date and new programs; d) National Cooperative Networks and their potential interactions; e) old and new times in cancer immunology, an "amarcord". Here, we report the main issues discussed during the meeting.
AB - As for a consolidated tradition, the 5th annual meeting of the Italian Network for Cancer Biotherapy took place in the Certosa of Pontignano, a Tuscan monastery, on September 20-22, 2007. The congress gathered more than 40 Italian leading groups representing academia, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Aim of the meeting was to share new advances in cancer bio-immunotherapy and to promote their swift translation from pre-clinical research to clinical applications. Several topics were covered including: a) molecular and cellular mechanisms of tumor escape; b) therapeutic antibodies and recombinant constructs; c) clinical trials up-date and new programs; d) National Cooperative Networks and their potential interactions; e) old and new times in cancer immunology, an "amarcord". Here, we report the main issues discussed during the meeting.
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U2 - 10.1186/1479-5876-6-8
DO - 10.1186/1479-5876-6-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 18269750
AN - SCOPUS:41549104201
VL - 6
JO - Journal of Translational Medicine
JF - Journal of Translational Medicine
SN - 1479-5876
M1 - 8
ER -