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Francesco M. Marincola

Researcher at National Institutes of Health

Publications -  473
Citations -  41473

Francesco M. Marincola is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Immune system & Antigen. The author has an hindex of 94, co-authored 462 publications receiving 38129 citations. Previous affiliations of Francesco M. Marincola include Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer & Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Immunologic and therapeutic evaluation of a synthetic peptide vaccine for the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma

TL;DR: A synthetic peptide, designed to increase binding to HLA-A2 molecules, was used as a cancer vaccine to treat patients with metastatic melanoma and, on the basis of immunologic assays, 91% of patients could be successfully immunized with this peptide.
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Escape of human solid tumors from T-cell recognition: molecular mechanisms and functional significance.

TL;DR: This important finding suggests that TAA-specific CTL may be present in some cancer patients but are unable to attack tumor cells due to the presence of inhibitory receptors.
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Towards the introduction of the 'Immunoscore' in the classification of malignant tumours.

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TL;DR: In colorectal cancer, the Immunoscore may add to the significance of the current AJCC/UICC TNM classification, since it has been demonstrated to be a prognostic factor superior to the AJCC or UICCTNM classification.