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Personalized Cancer Vaccines: Current Advances and Emerging Horizons
Lantian Lu1, Xuehan Lu2, Wei Luo1,3,4
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Vaccines
|December 24, 2025
Summary
Personalized cancer vaccines, targeting unique tumor neoantigens, offer a promising frontier in oncology. Overcoming challenges in prediction and manufacturing is key to maximizing durable antitumor responses.
Area of Science:
- Oncology
- Immunology
- Vaccinology
Background:
- Personalized cancer vaccines leverage individual tumor profiles for targeted immune responses.
- Neoantigen-based vaccines are a rapidly advancing area in cancer immunotherapy.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide a comprehensive overview of neoantigen-based personalized cancer vaccines.
- To discuss current landscape, future perspectives, and translational challenges.
Main Methods:
- Review of preclinical and clinical studies on various vaccine platforms (peptide, mRNA, DNA, dendritic cell, viral/bacterial vectors).
- Discussion of immune adjuvants, delivery systems, and combination strategies (e.g., with immune checkpoint inhibitors).
Main Results:
- Significant clinical progress has been made, but challenges persist.
- Key advances in vaccine platforms and combination strategies have been identified.
Conclusions:
- Predicting immunogenic neoantigens and streamlining manufacturing are critical hurdles.
- Biomarker-guided, mechanistically informed trials are essential for optimizing personalized cancer vaccines in precision immuno-oncology.
Keywords:
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