Advances in the understanding and therapeutic manipulation of cancer immune responsiveness: a Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) review

Cancer immunotherapy—including immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) and adoptive cell therapy (ACT)—has become a standard, potentially curative treatment for a subset of advanced solid and liquid tumors. However, most patients with cancer do not benefit from the rapidly evolving improvements in the un...

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Main Authors: Francesco M Marincola, Alessandra Cesano, Yana G Najjar, Davide Bedognetti, Marco Ruella, Sarah Warren, Christine Spencer, Elad Ziv, Tomas Kirchhoff, Jennifer McQuade, Tullia C Bruno, Jakob Nikolas Kather, Allison Betof Warner, Christian Hammer, Alberto Carturan, Ryan Augustin, Rhine Shen, Winson S Ho, Rongze O Lu, Luigi Barrea, Violena Pietrobon, Laura Soldati
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2025-01-01
Series:Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
Online Access:https://jitc.bmj.com/content/13/1/e008876.full
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author Francesco M Marincola
Alessandra Cesano
Yana G Najjar
Davide Bedognetti
Marco Ruella
Sarah Warren
Christine Spencer
Elad Ziv
Tomas Kirchhoff
Jennifer McQuade
Tullia C Bruno
Jakob Nikolas Kather
Allison Betof Warner
Christian Hammer
Alberto Carturan
Ryan Augustin
Rhine Shen
Winson S Ho
Rongze O Lu
Luigi Barrea
Violena Pietrobon
Laura Soldati
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Tullia C Bruno
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Allison Betof Warner
Christian Hammer
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Ryan Augustin
Rhine Shen
Winson S Ho
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Luigi Barrea
Violena Pietrobon
Laura Soldati
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description Cancer immunotherapy—including immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) and adoptive cell therapy (ACT)—has become a standard, potentially curative treatment for a subset of advanced solid and liquid tumors. However, most patients with cancer do not benefit from the rapidly evolving improvements in the understanding of principal mechanisms determining cancer immune responsiveness (CIR); including patient-specific genetically determined and acquired factors, as well as intrinsic cancer cell biology. Though CIR is multifactorial, fundamental concepts are emerging that should be considered for the design of novel therapeutic strategies and related clinical studies. Recent advancements as well as novel approaches to address the limitations of current treatments are discussed here, with a specific focus on ICI and ACT.
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spelling doaj-art-6f1eb72d38eb4e598180d487f6164a8f2025-01-18T04:05:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupJournal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer2051-14262025-01-0113110.1136/jitc-2024-008876Advances in the understanding and therapeutic manipulation of cancer immune responsiveness: a Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) reviewFrancesco M Marincola0Alessandra Cesano1Yana G Najjar2Davide Bedognetti3Marco Ruella4Sarah Warren5Christine Spencer6Elad Ziv7Tomas Kirchhoff8Jennifer McQuade9Tullia C Bruno10Jakob Nikolas Kather11Allison Betof Warner12Christian Hammer13Alberto Carturan14Ryan Augustin15Rhine Shen16Winson S Ho17Rongze O Lu18Luigi Barrea19Violena Pietrobon20Laura Soldati21Sonata Therapeutics Inc, Watertown, Massachusetts, USAESSA Pharma Inc, South San Francisco, California, USAUPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAKite Pharma Inc, Santa Monica, California, USAUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAKite Pharma Inc, Santa Monica, California, USAParker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, San Francisco, California, USAUniversity of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USALaura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USAUniversity of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USAUniversity of Pittsburgh, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAElse Kroener Fresenius Center for Digital Health, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, GermanyStanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USAAltos Labs Inc, San Fransisco, California, USAUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAUniversity of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAKite Pharma Inc, Santa Monica, California, USAUniversity of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USAUCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California, USAUniversità Telematica Pegaso, Naples, ItalyKite Pharma Inc, Santa Monica, California, USAUniversity of Milan, Milan, ItalyCancer immunotherapy—including immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) and adoptive cell therapy (ACT)—has become a standard, potentially curative treatment for a subset of advanced solid and liquid tumors. However, most patients with cancer do not benefit from the rapidly evolving improvements in the understanding of principal mechanisms determining cancer immune responsiveness (CIR); including patient-specific genetically determined and acquired factors, as well as intrinsic cancer cell biology. Though CIR is multifactorial, fundamental concepts are emerging that should be considered for the design of novel therapeutic strategies and related clinical studies. Recent advancements as well as novel approaches to address the limitations of current treatments are discussed here, with a specific focus on ICI and ACT.https://jitc.bmj.com/content/13/1/e008876.full
spellingShingle Francesco M Marincola
Alessandra Cesano
Yana G Najjar
Davide Bedognetti
Marco Ruella
Sarah Warren
Christine Spencer
Elad Ziv
Tomas Kirchhoff
Jennifer McQuade
Tullia C Bruno
Jakob Nikolas Kather
Allison Betof Warner
Christian Hammer
Alberto Carturan
Ryan Augustin
Rhine Shen
Winson S Ho
Rongze O Lu
Luigi Barrea
Violena Pietrobon
Laura Soldati
Advances in the understanding and therapeutic manipulation of cancer immune responsiveness: a Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) review
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
title Advances in the understanding and therapeutic manipulation of cancer immune responsiveness: a Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) review
title_full Advances in the understanding and therapeutic manipulation of cancer immune responsiveness: a Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) review
title_fullStr Advances in the understanding and therapeutic manipulation of cancer immune responsiveness: a Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) review
title_full_unstemmed Advances in the understanding and therapeutic manipulation of cancer immune responsiveness: a Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) review
title_short Advances in the understanding and therapeutic manipulation of cancer immune responsiveness: a Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) review
title_sort advances in the understanding and therapeutic manipulation of cancer immune responsiveness a society for immunotherapy of cancer sitc review
url https://jitc.bmj.com/content/13/1/e008876.full
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