Elayne Irene Becerra-Báez, Sergio Enrique Meza-Toledo, Paola Muñoz-López, Luis Fernando Flores-Martínez, Karla Fraga-Pérez, Kevin Jorge Magaño-Bocanegra, Uriel Juárez-Hernández, Armando Alfredo Mateos-Chávez, Rosendo Luria-Pérez
Over a century ago, bacterial extracts were found to be useful in cancer therapy, but this treatment modality was obviated for decades. Currently, in spite of the development and advances in chemotherapies and radiotherapy, failure of these conventional treatments still represents a major issue in the complete eradication of tumor cells and has led to renewed approaches with bacteria-based tumor therapy as an alternative treatment. In this context, live-attenuated bacteria, particularly Salmonella enterica , have demonstrated tumor selectivity, intrinsic oncolytic activity, and the ability to induce innate or specific antitumor immune responses...
August 30, 2022: Cancers