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The Italian Network for Tumor Biotherapy (NIBIT): Getting together to push the field forward

2008; BioMed Central; Volume: 6; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/1479-5876-6-8

1479-5876

Michele Maio, Hugues J. M. Nicolay, Paolo A Ascierto, Filippo Belardelli, Roberto Camerini, Mario P. Colombo, Paola Queirolo, Ruggero Ridolfi, Vincenzo Russo, Lucia Anzalone, Ester Fonsatti, Giorgio Parmiani,

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers

As for a consolidated tradition, the 5th annual meeting of the Italian Network for Cancer Biotherapy took place in the Certosa of Pontignano, a Tuscan monastery, on September 20–22, 2007. The congress gathered more than 40 Italian leading groups representing academia, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Aim of the meeting was to share new advances in cancer bio-immunotherapy and to promote their swift translation from pre-clinical research to clinical applications. Several topics were covered including: a) molecular and cellular mechanisms of tumor escape; b) therapeutic antibodies and recombinant constructs; c) clinical trials up-date and new programs; d) National Cooperative Networks and their potential interactions; e) old and new times in cancer immunology, an "amarcord". Here, we report the main issues discussed during the meeting.