Immunoterapia raka płuca. Część I: immunoterapia bierna
Immunotherapy of lung cancer. Part I: Passive immunotherapy

Summary/Abstract: Perspectives of immunotherapy in lung cancer were summarized. Due to the low efficacy of conventional treatment, there is an increasing need to introduce new, promising therapeutical tools in disease management. Adaptive and passive immunotherapy are both used in lung cancer. In brief, the rationale of this strategy is to oppose the carcinoma immune escape mechanisms associated with tumour immuno editing. Herein, the attention was focused on monoclonal antibodies currently applied in lung cancer, usually as adjuvant therapy in advanced stages of the disease. Their targets are preferentially the immune check-points, i.e. CTLA-4, as well as PD-1/PD-L1 molecules. The preliminary results of clinical trials with the use of monoclonal antibodies such as ipilimumab, nivolumab, pembrolizumab, atezolizumab, durvalumab, avelumab, cetuximab, necitumumab and nimotuzumab were described.

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