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Immunotherapy and targeted therapy-the new roadmap in cancer treatment. Ann Transl Med 2019 Oct;7(20):595

Date

12/07/2019

Pubmed ID

31807576

Pubmed Central ID

PMC6861781

DOI

10.21037/atm.2019.05.58

Abstract

Immunotherapy is the new frontier in cancer medicine. This manuscript summarizes historical aspect of immunotherapy, particularly its pathway to drug approval as the main therapeutic modality used in clinical medicine. We will discuss the role of immunotherapy in treating various types of cancers and how the treatment landscape once dominated by chemotherapy is rapidly changing.

Author List

Shahid K, Khalife M, Dabney R, Phan AT

Author

Alexandria T. Phan MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin