Abstracto

Immunotherapy of cancer: Some up-to-date approaches

Krassimir Metodiev

Treatment of cancer is currently based on three main modalities: surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Most solid tumours can only be cured at an early stage, due to the lack of effective systemic treatment. Surgery and radiotherapy are highly effective for eradicating localized tumours, but unfortunately cannot target disseminated disease. Chemotherapy represents systemic treatment, but the clinical use of current drugs is to a large extent hampered by their limited specificity. Over the last two decades, immunotherapy has emerged as an interesting novel approach.