Current Trends in Neoantigen-Based Cancer Vaccines

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Cancer immunotherapies are treatments that use drugs or cells to activate patients' own immune systems against cancer cells. Among them, cancer vaccines have recently been rapidly developed. Based on tumor-specific antigens referred to as neoantigens, these vaccines can be in various forms such as messenger (m)RNA and synthetic peptides to activate cytotoxic T cells and act with or without dendritic cells....