Although the introduction of
stem cell transplantation and novel agents has improved
survival,
multiple myeloma (MM) is still difficult to
cure. Alternative approaches are clearly needed to prolong the
survival of
patients with MM.
Dendritic cell (DC)
therapy is a very promising tool immunologically in MM. We developed a
method to generate potent DCs with increased Th1 polarization and migration
ability for inducing strong myeloma-specific
cytotoxic T lymphocytes. In this
review, we discuss how the
efficacy of
cancer immunotherapy using DCs can be improved in MM.