Ekaterina S Jordanova

Ekaterina S Jordanova


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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19 February 2022 in Journal of Clinical Medicine
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TRTynisha Rafael
Tynisha Rafael
JRJossie Rotman
Jossie Rotman
OBOscar R. Brouwer
Oscar R. Brouwer
HPHenk G. van der Poel
Henk G. van der Poel
CMConstantijne H. Mom
Constantijne H. Mom
EJEkaterina S Jordanova
Ekaterina S Jordanova
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection drives tumorigenesis in almost all cervical cancers and a fraction of vulvar and penile cancers. Due to increasing incidence and low vaccination rates, many will still have to face HPV-related morbidity and mortality in the upcoming years. Current treatment options (i.e., surgery and/or chemoradiation) for urogenital (pre-)malignancies can have profound psychosocial and psychosexual effects on patients. Moreover, in the setting of advanced disease, responses to current therapies remain poor and nondurable, highlighting the unmet need for novel therapies that prevent recurrent disease and improve clinical outcome. Immunotherapy can be a useful addition to the current therapeutic strategies in various settings of disease, offering relatively fewer adverse effects and potential improvement in survival. This review discusses immune evasion mechanisms accompanying HPV infection and HPV-related tumorigenesis and summarizes current immunotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of HPV-related (pre-)malignant lesions of the uterine cervix, vulva, and penis.