Highlights of the First International "Immunotherapy in Pediatric Oncology: Progress and Challenges" Meeting.

ABSTRACT: The first annual conference on immunotherapy in pediatric oncology was held in Bethesda, MD, from September 9 to 10, 2008 to discuss the state-of-the-art of immunotherapeutic strategies currently being explored in pediatric oncology. Major topics included targeting cell surface receptors, understanding and improving T-cell-based therapies, augmenting innate immune strategies, and enhancing graft-versus-leukemia for pediatric malignancies. As can be seen in the summaries of the individual presentations, significant progress has been made in developing preclinical models of pediatric tumors and a variety of novel immunobiologic therapies are approaching, or already in, the clinic. Although there is much excitement about the potential utility of these agents, a great deal of challenges lie ah

SUBMITTER: Capitini CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2714285 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature