Remembering the forgotten child: the role of immune checkpoint inhibition in patients with human immunod eficiency virus and cancer

Abstract Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have a high risk of developing virally-mediated cancers. These tumors have several features that could make them vulnerable to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) including, but not limited to, increased expression of the CTLA-4 and...

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Main Authors: Jacob J. Adashek, Pedro Nazareth Aguiar Junior, Natalie Galanina, Razelle Kurzrock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-05-01
Series:Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40425-019-0618-9