CAR T cell immunotherapy for human cancer.

June, Carl H; O'Connor, Roddy S; Kawalekar, Omkar U; Ghassemi, Saba; Milone, Michael C · Science · 2018

review · Level V

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Abstract

Adoptive T cell transfer (ACT) is a new area of transfusion medicine involving the infusion of lymphocytes to mediate antitumor, antiviral, or anti-inflammatory effects. The field has rapidly advanced from a promising form of immuno-oncology in preclinical models to the recent commercial approvals of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells to treat leukemia and lymphoma. This Review describes opportunities and challenges for entering mainstream oncology that presently face the CAR T field, with a focus on the challenges that have emerged over the past several years.

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