Challenges and opportunities for effective cancer immunotherapies

CY Slaney; MH Kershaw

Journal article

Challenges and opportunities for effective cancer immunotherapies

CY Slaney, MH Kershaw

Cancers | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.3390/cancers12113164

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Abstract

Using immunotherapy to treat cancers can be traced back to the 1890s, where a New York physician William Coley used heat-killed bacteria to treat cancer patients, which became known as "Coley's toxin" [...].

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The authors are supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) of Australia.