Future perspectives in melanoma research. Meeting report from the "Melanoma research: a bridge from Naples to the World. Napoli, December 5th-6th 2011"Paolo A Ascierto
Department of Melanoma, Sarcoma, and Head and Neck Disease, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy
J Transl Med 10:83. 2012
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The immune score as a new possible approach for the classification of cancerJerome Galon
INSERM, U872, Laboratory of Integrative Cancer Immunology, 15 Rue de l Ecole de Medecine F 75006 Paris, France
J Transl Med 10:1. 2012
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Supporting the advancement of science: Open access publishing and the role of mandatesLisa Phelps
BioMed Central, 236 Gray s Inn Road, Floor 6, London, WC1X 8HB, UK
J Transl Med 10:13. 2012
..Journal of Translational Medicine in affiliation with the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer demonstrates how private and public organisations can work together for the advancement of science...
Defining the critical hurdles in cancer immunotherapyBernard A Fox
Earle A, Chiles Research Institute, Robert W, Franz Research Center, Providence Cancer Center, Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA
J Transl Med 9:214. 2011
..Each of these hurdles can significantly delay clinical translation of promising advances in immunotherapy yet if overcome, have the potential to improve outcomes of patients with cancer...
SITC/iSBTc Cancer Immunotherapy Biomarkers Resource Document: online resources and useful tools - a compass in the land of biomarker discoveryDavide Bedognetti
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, Milwaukee, WI, USA
J Transl Med 9:155. 2011
..This organized collection of the most useful references, online resources and tools serves as a compass to guide discovery of biomarkers essential to advancing novel cancer immunotherapies...
Future perspectives in melanoma research. Meeting report from the "Melanoma Research: a bridge Naples-USA. Naples, December 6th-7th 2010"Paolo A Ascierto
Department of Melanoma, Sarcoma, and Head and Neck Disease, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale, Naples, Italy
J Transl Med 9:32. 2011
..Four topics of discussion were identified: New pathways in Melanoma, Biomarkers, Clinical Trials and New Molecules and Strategies...
A systematic approach to biomarker discovery; preamble to "the iSBTc-FDA taskforce on immunotherapy biomarkers"Lisa H Butterfield
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, USA
J Transl Med 6:81. 2008
..This foreword provides an overview of the task force and invites feedback from readers that might be incorporated in the discussions and in the final document...
Therapeutic T cells induce tumor-directed chemotaxis of innate immune cells through tumor-specific secretion of chemokines and stimulation of B16BL6 melanoma to secrete chemokinesHauke Winter
Department of Surgery, LMU Munich, Klinikum Grosshadern 81377 Munich, Germany
J Transl Med 5:56. 2007
..This led us to hypothesize that macrophages played a central role in tumor regression following T-cell transfer. Here, we sought to determine the factors responsible for the infiltration of macrophages at the tumor site...
Emerging concepts in biomarker discovery; the US-Japan Workshop on Immunological Molecular Markers in OncologyHideaki Tahara
Department of Surgery and Bioengineering, Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
J Transl Med 7:45. 2009
..The institution of an interactive consortium for high throughput molecular monitoring of clinical trials with voluntary participation might provide cost-effective solutions...
Adjuvant therapeutic vaccination in patients with non-small cell lung cancer made lymphopenic and reconstituted with autologous PBMC: first clinical experience and evidence of an immune responseDominik Ruttinger
Department of Surgery, Grosshadern Medical Center, Ludwig Maximilians University, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
J Transl Med 5:43. 2007
..This paper reports on the first clinical experience and evidence of an immune response in patients suffering from NSCLC...
Cancer immunotherapy: the role regulatory T cells play and what can be done to overcome their inhibitory effectsUlf Petrausch
Robert W Franz Cancer Research Center, Earle A Chiles Research Institute, 4805 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97213, USA
Curr Mol Med 9:673-82. 2009
..Finally, we will describe possible ways to interfere with regulatory T cell-mediated immune suppression with the focus on recent pre-clinical and clinical findings...