Chapter
Combining Oncolytic Viruses with Cancer Immunotherapy
Abstract
Although there are a number of treatment modalities currently available for the treatment of cancer, mortality rates have only shown marginal improvement of late. Novel therapeutics, with decreased side effects, are desperately needed in order to improve the current prognosis for this deadly disease. To this end viruses with either natural or engineered tropism to tumors as well as immunotherapeutic approaches are being investigated as possible …
Authors
Stephenson KB; Bell J; Lichty B
Book title
Experimental and Applied Immunotherapy
Pagination
pp. 339-355
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
2011
DOI
10.1007/978-1-60761-980-2_16