Abstract / Summary
Adoptive cellular therapies (ACT) have reshaped the treatment landscape of hematologic malignancies and are increasingly being explored in solid tumors. Key approaches include chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy, which targets tumor-associated surface antigens in an HLA-independent manner, and T-cell receptor–engineered T-cell (TCR-T) therapy, which enables recognition of intracellular tumor antigens presented by major histocompatibility complex molecules. However, the application of CAR-T and TCR-T in solid tumors remains limited by antigen heterogeneity, an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, manufacturing complexity, and safety concerns related to on-target/off-tumor effects and cytokine-mediated toxicities. The American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting is a key platform for the presentation of cutting-edge clinical data, and in this brief correspondence, we summarize the principal early-phase clinical trials with CAR-T and TCR-T for solid tumors reported at the 2026 meeting.