Journal of Practical Oncology ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (6): 542-546.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2021.06.011

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Research progress in immunotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

YANG Kaiyan1,2, WEI Yongchang2, YANG Qiuyun2, TANG Fengzhu3   

  1. 1. Ruikang Clinical Faculty of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine,Nanning 530000,China;
    2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Head and Neck Surgery,People′s Hospital of Guangxi Baise;
    3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,People′s Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
  • Received:2020-12-29 Revised:2021-02-04 Online:2021-12-28 Published:2021-12-17

Abstract: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a malignant tumor with a high incidence in southern China.The treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma currently uses concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy as the main treatment.The prognosis of early nasopharyngeal carcinoma is better,while the prognosis of advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma is poor.As a new method of treating malignant tumors,immunotherapy is more and more widely used clinically.It has achieved good results in the treatment for some malignant tumors,and has become a current clinical research hotspot.This article reviews the application of immunotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma in order to discover existing problems and new research directions.

Key words: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Immunotherapy, Cellular immunotherapy, Monoclonal antibody, Tumor vaccines

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