Interferon Lambda: A New Sword in Cancer Immunotherapy

Table 1

Clinical indications of IFNs. IFN-α with different trade names is the most indicated in the clinic. IFN-β is mostly indicated for the treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. IFN-γ is only indicated for the chronic granulomatous disease. IFN-λ, the new type of IFN, was tested for patients with chronic hepatitis C.

IFN type	Indications in the clinic
IFN-α	Hairy cell leukemia
	Multiple myeloma
	Chronic myeloid leukemia
	Follicular lymphoma
	Cutaneous T lymphoma
	Kaposi sarcoma
	Melanoma
	Renal cell carcinoma
	Hepatocellular carcinoma
	Condyloma accuminata
	Hepatitis B
	Hepatitis C
IFN-β	Multiple sclerosis
IFN-γ	Chronic granulomatous disease
IFN-λ	Hepatitis C