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. 2020 Aug 14;93(1113):20200112. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20200112

Table 1.

Categories of immune therapy

Categories Type Substance (generic) Target TU types
Passive  Targeted antibodies Monoclonal antibodies Bevacizumab, Cetuximab, Denosumab, Panitumumab, Rituximab, Trastuzumab … CD20/33/52, VEGFA, EGFR, Her2, RANK Leukemia, lymphoma, BRC, NSCLC, CRC, RCC, glioblastoma …
ADC Ado-trastuzumab, brentuximab
HER2+
CD30
BRC, leukemia, lymphoma
Bispecific antibodies Blinatumomab Leukemia
 Immunomodulators Cytokines Interferon
Interleukin
Adoptive cell transfer TILs
CIK cells
CAPRI cells
TCR cells
CAR cells
NK cells
LAK
EBR2
MART-1
CD19
Bile duct CA, lymphoma, melanoma
Active Checkpoint inhibitors Ipilimumab
Nivolumab
Atezolizumab
CTLA-4
PD-1
PD-L1
Melanoma, NSCLC,RCC, lymphoma …
 Vaccines Peptide vaccines Oncophage RCC RCC
DC vaccines Sipuleucel-T GM-CSF PRC
Allogenic whole-cell vaccines CD4, CD8 Melanoma, PaC, BRC …
Oncolytic viruses T-vec Melanoma

ADC, Antibody-drug conjugates;BRC, Breast cancer; CD, Cluster of differentiation; CRC, Colorectal cancer; CTLA, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated Protein; EGFR, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor; GM-CSF, Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; MART, melanoma antigen recognized by T cells; NSCLC, Not small cell lung cancer; PD, programmed death; PD-L, programmed death-ligand; PRC, Prostate cancer; PaC, Pancreas cancer; RCC, Renal cell cancer;VEGFA, Vascular endothelial growth factor A.