Immunothérapie dans les cancers de la prostate

Immunotherapy is moving forward in prostate cancer. The autologous vaccine, Sipuleucel-T has been the first vaccine to be approved by FDA. First results with GVAX, tasquinimob or anti-PD-1 have been disappointing. Ipilimumab seen to be more active at an earlier stage of prostate disease. Identifying predictive factor or surrogate markers of activity of immunotherapy and which agents are clinically effective alone or in combination with others therapies such as hormonal or bone targeted therapies are warranted.