Cancer immunotherapy: Pros, cons and beyond

Cancer immunotherapy is an innovative treatment for tumors today. In various experiments and clinical studies, it has been found that immunotherapy does have incomparable advantages over traditional anti-tumor therapy, which can prolong progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). However, immunotherapy has obvious complexity and uncertainty. Immunotherapy may also cause severe adverse reactions due to an overactive immune system. More effective and fewer adverse reactions immunological checkpoints are still under further exploration. This review gives an overview of recent developments in immunotherapy and indicates a new direction of tumor treatment through analyzing the pros and cons of…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 81541153
• GS
  Guangdong Science and Technology Department

  Awards: 2016B030309002, 2016A050503046, 2015A050502048