What is it about?
Immunotherapy represents a promising strategy for cancer treatment that utilizes immune cells or drugs to activate the patient's own immune system and eliminate cancer cells. One of the most exciting advancements in cancer immunotherapy is the targeting of neoantigens, which are peptides derived from non-synonymous somatic mutations in the cancer cell and absent in normal cells. Although neoantigen-based therapeutic vaccines have not yet received approval for standard cancer treatment, early clinical trials have yielded encouraging results when used either as monotherapy or in combination with checkpoint inhibitors. Progresses made in high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics have facilitated the identification of neoantigens with enhanced precision and efficiency. Consequently, personalized neoantigen-based vaccines tailored to each patient have been developed, capable of eliciting a robust immune response that effectively eradicates tumors and prevents recurrence.This review provides a concise overview consolidating the latest clinical advancements in neoantigen-based therapeutic vaccines, while also discussing challenges and future perspectives for this innovative approach, particular emphasizing its potential improvement of clinical efficacy against advanced solid tumors.
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The novelty and significance of this review lie in providing a comprehensive overview of the clinical translation and application of a neoantigen cancer vaccine. This review will bridge the gap between preclinical studies and the current knowledge about the therapeutic effects of a neoantigen cancer vaccine in humans. It summarizes the latest clinical trials, offering a concise overview consolidating the latest clinical advancements in therapeutic neoantigen-based cancer vaccines, while also discussing challenges and future perspectives for this innovative approach, particular emphasizing its potential improvement of clinical efficacy against advanced solid tumors.
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This page is a summary of: Neoantigen cancer vaccines: a new star on the horizon, Cancer Biology and Medicine, December 2023, Tsinghua University Press,
DOI: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2023.0395.
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