Emerging Immunotherapeutic and Diagnostic Modalities in Carcinoid Tumors.

ABSTRACT: Evasion of innate immunity represents a frequently employed method by which tumor cells survive and thrive. Previously, the development of immunotherapeutic agents capable of overcoming this evasion has realized pronounced clinical utility across a variety of cancer types. More recently, immunological strategies have been investigated as potentially viable therapeutic and diagnostic modalities in the management of carcinoid tumors. Classic treatment options for carcinoid tumors rely upon surgical resection or non-immune pharmacology. Though surgical intervention can be curative, tumor characteristics, such as size, location, and spread, heavily limit success. Non-immune pharmacologic treatments can be similarly limited, and many demonstrate problematic side effects. Immunotherapy may be ab

SUBMITTER: Vellani SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10004351 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature