Title:Recent Developments in Combinatorial Immunotherapy towards Ovarian
Cancer
Volume: 20
Issue: 4
Author(s): Chakresh Kumar Jain*, Aishani Kulshreshtha, Harshita Saxena, Avinav Agarwal and Kalpdrum Passi
Affiliation:
- Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, A-10, Sector-62 Noida, 201307, India
Keywords:
Adoptive immunotherapy, ovarian cancer, peptide based vaccine, radiation therapy, PARP inhibitors, combinatorial immuno-based therapies.
Abstract: Ovarian cancer is one of the most common cancers in women in the world. It is also the 5th
top cause of cancer-related death in the world. Despite chemotherapy being the primary treatment
along with surgery, patients frequently suffer from a recurrence of ovarian cancer within a few years
of the original treatment. The recurring nature of OC, therefore, necessitates the development of novel
therapeutic interventions that can effectively tackle this disease. Immunotherapy has lately been found
to offer significant clinical advantages. Some of the immunotherapy techniques being studied for ovarian
cancer include adoptive T-cell treatment, immune checkpoint inhibition, and oncolytic virus.
However, the most efficient way to increase longevity is through a combination of immunotherapy
strategies with other disease therapeutic approaches such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and PARPi
in additive or synergistic ways. To provide a more comprehensive insight into the current immunotherapies
explored, this paper explores newly developed therapeutics for the disease with an emphasis
on current outstanding immunotherapy. The current state of our understanding of how the disease interacts
with host cells, current therapy options available, various advanced treatments present and the
potential for combinatorial immuno-based therapies in the future have also been explored.