Single Cell Biology
Open Access
ISSN: 2168-9431
PH: +447939540
ISSN: 2168-9431
PH: +447939540
Amedeo Amedei
Viale Pieraccini, 6, 50134 Firenze
Italy
Review Article
Vaccine Immunotherapy Strategies in Colorectal Cancer Treatment
Author(s): Elena Niccolai and Amedeo AmedeiElena Niccolai and Amedeo Amedei
The colorectal cancer (CRC) is a most frequent cause of cancer-related deaths. Surgical tumor resection remains the primary curative treatment for CRC but nearly 50% of patients with macroscopic clearance of the tumor by surgery relapses. For this purpose new complementary treatments, such as immunotherapy, are being explored. In this article, we analyze and discuss the clinical immunotherapy vaccine studies performed in patients treated for colorectal cancer.
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DOI:
10.4172/2168-9431.1000102