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Towards personalized, tumour-specific, therapeutic vaccines for cancer

Zhuting Hu1, Patrick A Ott1,2,3, Catherine J Wu1,2,3,4

  • 1Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.

Nature Reviews. Immunology
|December 12, 2017
PubMed

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Personalized cancer vaccines, targeting unique tumor neoantigens, show promise for effective cancer immunotherapy. Advances in sequencing and bioinformatics enable tailored treatments, overcoming limitations of earlier cancer vaccine strategies.

Area of Science:

  • Oncology
  • Immunology
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • Cancer vaccines aim to boost T cell responses for immunotherapy but have historically shown limited clinical efficacy in humans.
  • Tumor-specific neoantigens, arising from somatic mutations, are ideal targets for cancer vaccines due to their specificity.
  • Individual variability in neoantigens necessitates personalized vaccine approaches.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the emerging field of personalized cancer vaccination.
  • To discuss recent advancements and future prospects in personalized cancer vaccine development.

Main Methods:

  • Leveraging next-generation sequencing for systematic neoantigen discovery.
  • Utilizing advanced bioinformatics tools for neoantigen identification and vaccine design.

Main Results:

  • Neoantigen discovery has been significantly advanced by new sequencing and bioinformatics technologies.
  • Personalized cancer vaccines are emerging as a promising strategy based on individual tumor neoantigens.

Conclusions:

  • Personalized cancer vaccines represent a significant advancement in cancer immunotherapy.
  • Future directions focus on optimizing personalized vaccine design and clinical application for improved antitumour activity.

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