Abbreviations
- CAR:
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Chimeric antigen receptor
- CIK:
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Cytokine-induced killer
- CRC:
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Colorectal cancer
- CSCs:
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Cancer stem cells
- CTA:
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Cancer testis antigens
- DCs:
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Dendritic cells
- IFN:
-
Interferon
- mAbs:
-
Monoclonal antibodies
- NK:
-
Natural killer
- TREM:
-
Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells
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This meeting report was supported in part by grants from Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro and Istituto Toscano Tumori. A special thanks to the NIBIT members and meeting speakers for their contribution to the manuscript and the conference.
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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. Michele Maio, Ester Fonsatti and Giorgio Parmiani: Local Organizing Committee Michele Maio and Giorgio Parmiani: Scientific Organizing Committee.
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This meeting report is a summary of presentations from the Eleventh Meeting of the Network Italiano per la Bioterapia dei Tumori (NIBIT) on Cancer Bio-Immunotherapy, published together with a series of Focussed Research Reviews based on lectures given at the conference.
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Maio, M., Nicolay, H.J.M., Cutaia, O. et al. “Cancer Bio-Immunotherapy in Siena”: Eleventh Meeting of the Network Italiano per la Bioterapia dei Tumori (NIBIT), Siena, Italy, October 17–19, 2013. Cancer Immunol Immunother 64, 131–135 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-014-1577-0
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