title: Immunomodulatory Agents with Antivascular Activity in the Treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Focus on TLR9 Agonists, IMiDs and NGR-TNF.
abstract: Standard treatments for nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, often lead to disappointing results. Unfortunately, also the various immunotherapeutic approaches so far tested have not produced satisfactory results to be widely applied in the clinical practice. However, the recent development of new immunomodulatory agents may open promising therapeutic options. This paper focuses on PF3512676, lenalidomide, and NGR-TNF, that is, drugs belonging to three different classes of immunomodulatory agents, that are also capable to affect tumor blood vessels with different mechanisms, and discusses the potential role of such agents in NSCLC treatment strategy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Oncology and IIT Network of Molecular Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute University Hospital, 60 Olgettina St, 20132 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corti
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giovannini
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Belli
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villa