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Highlights of the society for immunotherapy of cancer (SITC) 27th annual meeting

Authors :
David F. Stroncek
Daniel J. Powell
William Merritt
Martin A. Cheever
Howard L. Kaufman
David H. Munn
Luciano Castiello
Begonya Comin-Anduix
Cornelis J M Melief
Thomas F. Gajewski
Philip D. Greenberg
Antoni Ribas
Alessandra Cesano
Sara Civini
Nicholas P. Restifo
Pawel Kalinski
Howard Streicher
Aladar A. Szalay
Raj K. Puri
Laurence Zitvogel
Michael H. Kershaw
Cassian Yee
Steven A. Rosenberg
Samir N. Khleif
Francesco M. Marincola
Source :
Stroncek, David F; Melief, Cornelis JM; Castiello, Luciano; Cesano, Alessandra; Cheever, Martin A; Civini, Sara; et al.(2013). Highlights of the society for immunotherapy of cancer (SITC) 27th annual meeting. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, 1(1), 4. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2051-1426-1-4. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4bq752x0, Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer, Europe PubMed Central
Publisher :
Springer Nature

Abstract

The 27th annual meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) was held on October 26–28, 2012 in North Bethesda, Maryland and the highlights of the meeting are summarized. The topics covered at this meeting included advances in cancer treatment using adoptive cell therapy (ACT), oncolytic viruses, dendritic cells (DCs), immune check point modulators and combination therapies. Advances in immune editing of cancer, immune modulation by cancer and the tumor microenvironment were also discussed as were advances in single cell analysis and the manufacture and potency testing of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL).

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20511426
Volume :
1
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....a33b4c2dd8eabbc3a8b84e893cbce81f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/2051-1426-1-4