THE ROLE OF TUMOR IMMUNE MICROENVIRONMENT IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA

  • Giedrė Gurevičienė
  • Brigita Šitkauskienė
  • Marius Žemaitis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37499/PIA.133
Keywords: non-small cell lung cancer, immune system, programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1), programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1)

Abstract

Lung cancer remains a significant problem around the world. According to scientific research data, immune system plays significant role in multistage cancer development process. Based on these discoveries immunotherapy is used in clinical practice, but new challenges has occured – choosing the right treatment to the right patient. Scientific researches are being continued in the field of cancer immunology in order to identify predictive biomarkers.

Author Biographies

Giedrė Gurevičienė

Department of Pulmonology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences 

Brigita Šitkauskienė

Department of Immunology and Allergology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences 

Marius Žemaitis

Department of Pulmonology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences 

How to Cite
1.
Gurevičienė G, Šitkauskienė B, Žemaitis M. THE ROLE OF TUMOR IMMUNE MICROENVIRONMENT IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA [Internet]. PIA 2019 Sep.;3(2):160-167.[cited 2024 May 19 ] Available from: http://pia.pulmoalerg.lt/index.php/PIA/article/view/133
Issue
Vol 3 No 2 (2019): Pulmonology and Allergology
Section
Scientific articles and reviews