Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy: From Defining Basic Immunology to Leading the Fight Against Cancer

The past decade has seen the advent and widespread use of several immunotherapeutic modalities that have markedly improved treatment outcomes for patients with various cancers. Nevertheless, the study of cancer immunology traces its roots back to the inception of modern immunology, and played a critical role in the of discovery of central immunological concepts and development of key technologies and methodologies and that have propelled advances in all areas of immunology.