Journal of International Obstetrics and Gynecology ›› 2021, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (6): 628-633.doi: 10.12280/gjfckx.20210116

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Related Immunotherapy and Progress of Cervical Cancer

YIN Bo, DING Jian-yi, YANG Mei-qin, HAN Ling-fei()   

  1. Department of Gynecology, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai 201204, China
  • Received:2021-01-31 Published:2021-12-15 Online:2021-12-30
  • Contact: HAN Ling-fei E-mail:lingfeihan@126.com

Abstract:

Cervical cancer is the most common gynecological malignant tumor, which is a serious threat to women′s health. High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) persistent infection is the main risk factor of the cervical cancer. In recent years, HPV vaccine has achieved favorable results in the prevention of cervical cancer. Immunotherapy has also become a new pattern of treatment of cervical cancer, especially for patients with poor effect of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, postoperative metastasis and late recurrence. The strategies of immunotherapy mainly include immune checkpoint inhibitors, vaccine therapy, dendritic cell immunotherapy and adoptive cellular immunotherapy. At present, the related immunotherapy has achieved good results in the treatment of cervical cancer and its precancerous lesions. This article will describe the progress of immunotherapy in cervical cancer, and look forward to the future research direction, so as to provide a basis for clinical treatment and fundamental research of cervical cancer.

Key words: Uterine cervical neoplasms, Immunotherapy, Papillomaviridae, Papillomavirus vaccines, Therapy