Vaccinia virus armed with IL-21 can cure murine colorectal cancer liver metastases via intravenous administration

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer | |

Background <p>Liver metastases of colorectal cancer are one of the leading causes of mortality in patients with colorectal cancer. Oncolytic virus immunotherapy has demonstrated significant potential in tumor treatment; however, most oncolytic viruses are currently administered via intratumoral injection, limiting their broader clinical application.</p> Methods <p>In this study, we used an oncolytic vaccinia virus VVLTK-STCN1L-mIL21 expressing interleukin-21 to treat a…

Topics: colorectal-cancer, liver-cancer, cervical-cancer, immunotherapy, new-technology, research