Citation

Xie FZ, Zheng LL (2019) Oncolytic Viruses and Their Application to Cancer Treatment. Int Arch Clin Pharmacol 5:020. doi.org/10.23937/2572-3987.1510020

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RESEARCH ARTICLE | OPEN ACCESSDOI: 10.23937/2572-3987.1510020

Oncolytic Viruses and Their Application to Cancer Treatment

Xie FZ and Zheng LL*

State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Abstract

Great progress has been achieved in the development of oncolytic viruses (OVs). Oncolytic therapy has become a feasible and effective treatment or supplementary method to cure cancer. This review summarizes the general condition of oncolytic therapy.