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The secret ally: immunostimulation by anticancer drugs

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The molecular and cellular circuitries whereby cytotoxic agents can activate the immune system against cancer, and their therapeutic implications, are discussed.
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A crucial role of the immune system in cancer progression and response to therapy has recently emerged. Here, Galluzzi and colleagues discuss the immune parameters that may predict the therapeutic response of patients to chemotherapeutics, and review the mechanisms by which current antineoplastic agents activate the immune system against cancer.

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Immunogenic Cell Death in Cancer Therapy

TL;DR: It is postulate that ICD constitutes a prominent pathway for the activation of the immune system against cancer, which in turn determines the long-term success of anticancer therapies and its subversion by pathogens.
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Triple-negative breast cancer: challenges and opportunities of a heterogeneous disease

TL;DR: The most relevant molecular findings in TNBC from the past decade are discussed and the most promising therapeutic opportunities derived from these data are discussed.
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Immunogenic cell death and DAMPs in cancer therapy.

TL;DR: The role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in regulating the immunogenicity of dying cancer cells and the effect of therapy-resistant cancer microevolution on ICD are discussed.
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The tumor microenvironment at a glance

TL;DR: Cancers are not just masses of malignant cells but complex ‘rogue’ organs, to which many other cells are recruited and can be corrupted by the transformed cells.
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The immune contexture in cancer prognosis and treatment

TL;DR: The immune contexture, which is determined by the density, composition, functional state and organization of the leukocyte infiltrate of the tumour, can yield information that is relevant to prognosis, prediction of a treatment response and various other pharmacodynamic parameters.
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The hallmarks of cancer.

TL;DR: This work has been supported by the Department of the Army and the National Institutes of Health, and the author acknowledges the support and encouragement of the National Cancer Institute.
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Cancer Immunoediting: Integrating Immunity’s Roles in Cancer Suppression and Promotion

TL;DR: A unifying conceptual framework called “cancer immunoediting,” which integrates the immune system’s dual host-protective and tumor-promoting roles is discussed.
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Macrophage Diversity Enhances Tumor Progression and Metastasis

TL;DR: There is persuasive clinical and experimental evidence that macrophages promote cancer initiation and malignant progression, and specialized subpopulations of macrophage may represent important new therapeutic targets.
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