title: [State of the art about new therapeutic vaccines in prostate cancer: dendritic cells, engineered tumor cells and recombinant virus].
abstract: Therapeutic vaccines for prostate cancer were initially reported as limited with low immunological responses and uncertain clinical benefit. Recently, new methods become available, such preparations of well-characterized autologous dendritic cells, and use of gene therapy tools to increase whole-tumor cells or host tissue immunogenicity. These are able to enhance and diversify therapeutic options. Indeed, several vaccinal approaches are being investigated, including optimized mature dendritic cells, allogeneic genetically modified tumor cells, or viral vectors. Due to the description of immunological and clinical responses, large phase III randomized trials are now conducted. After summarizing the mechanistic basis for these approaches, this review describes the experience with the most recent and promising clinical studies and introduces short-term perspectives that could lead to improvement in healthcare offer for prostate cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Unité fonctionnelle de recherche clinique et de thérapie cellulaire. jc.eymard@reims.fnclcc.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Eymard
authors.forename: Alban
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gervais
authors.forename: Rosana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jarcau
authors.forename: Jacky
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernard
mesh_terms: D019496:Cancer Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000637:transplantation*; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000276:immunology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D014162:Transfection / Q000379:methods; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D019496:Cancer Vaccines; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen