Chapter 18

Cell-Based Therapies for Canine Cancer

Nicola J. Mason

Nicola J. Mason

School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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M. Kazim Panjwani

M. Kazim Panjwani

School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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First published: 14 February 2018

Summary

Pet dogs develop spontaneous cancers that have similar clinical, biological, and molecular features as human cancers. These tumors exhibit nonsynonymous, potentially immunogenic somatic mutations and arise in immunologically intact individuals, where they evade immune recognition and develop an immunosuppressive microenvironment. As such, canine cancer patients present comparable challenges to effective cell-based immunotherapies as their human counterparts and are beginning to be recognized as a valuable, unparalleled addition to preclinical mouse models for testing the safety and therapeutic efficacy of next-generation cell-based immunotherapies. Using a comparative approach, development of the best cell-based strategies can be accelerated and informative correlative data can be obtained that will direct patient selection and treatment paradigms, improving health care for both species.

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