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Immunotherapy for osteosarcoma: Where do we go from here?

Mary Frances Wedekind MaloneLars M WagnerTimothy P Cripe
Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2018)
Osteosarcoma is the most common bone tumor in children and young adults, with few advances in survival and treatment, especially for metastatic disease, in the last 30 years. Recently, immunotherapy has begun to show promise in various adult cancers, but the utility of this approach for osteosarcoma remains relatively unexplored. In this review, we outline the mechanisms and status of immunotherapies currently in clinical trials as well as future therapies on the horizon, and discuss their potential application for osteosarcoma.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • clinical trial
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • small cell lung cancer
  • childhood cancer
  • bone mineral density
  • big data
  • combination therapy
  • deep learning
  • bone loss
  • replacement therapy