Lesson timetable
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Learning outcomes
The elective course aims to the objective to give broad and up-to-date informations on the interactions between immune system and cancer on one side and on new approaches of immune response modulation on the other side. In particular, the following topics will be treated: immunosurveillance and evasion of the immune response; tumor antigens; anti-tumor vaccines; adoptive cell transfer; immunomodulating monoclonal antibodies; tumor microenvironment and cells of the immune system
Syllabus
Cancer Immunotherapy: emerging concepts
Active immunotherpy
Passive immunotherapy
Immune Checkpoint-inhibitors to treat cancer
Cancer-related immunosuppression
Reference books
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Assessment methods and criteria
Frequency-based suitability
