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Targeting the Immune System in Breast Cancer: Hype or Hope?: TILs and Newer Immune-Based Therapies Being Evaluated for HER2+ and TNBC

Targeting the Immune System in Breast Cancer: Hype or Hope?: TILs and Newer Immune-Based... Immunotherapy in breast cancer is currently an appealing topic of research. With the understanding of the complex mechanisms of the immune system and the interaction between this and the tumor, new potential targets have emerged. It is also becoming clear that some breast cancer subtypes, such as triple-negative and HER2+ breast cancer, can be considered immunologic tumors. Therefore, new therapeutic strategies can be investigated. In this review, we offer an overview on PD-1/PD-L1 and CTLA4 checkpoint inhibitors, the most studied immune target therapies in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and HER2+ breast cancer. We will also focus our attention of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs). http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Breast Cancer Reports Springer Journals

Targeting the Immune System in Breast Cancer: Hype or Hope?: TILs and Newer Immune-Based Therapies Being Evaluated for HER2+ and TNBC

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2015 by Springer Science+Business Media New York
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Internal Medicine; Surgical Oncology
ISSN
1943-4588
eISSN
1943-4596
DOI
10.1007/s12609-015-0193-0
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Abstract

Immunotherapy in breast cancer is currently an appealing topic of research. With the understanding of the complex mechanisms of the immune system and the interaction between this and the tumor, new potential targets have emerged. It is also becoming clear that some breast cancer subtypes, such as triple-negative and HER2+ breast cancer, can be considered immunologic tumors. Therefore, new therapeutic strategies can be investigated. In this review, we offer an overview on PD-1/PD-L1 and CTLA4 checkpoint inhibitors, the most studied immune target therapies in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and HER2+ breast cancer. We will also focus our attention of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs).

Journal

Current Breast Cancer ReportsSpringer Journals

Published: Sep 30, 2015

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