根据《柳叶刀》“前列腺癌研究报告”（The Lancet Commission on prostate cancer: planning for the surge in cases）的预测，全球的前列腺癌患者将从2020年的每年140万例增加到2040年的每年290万例，据预测，全球每年死于前列腺癌的人数将在20年间增加85%，从2020年的37.5万增加到2040年的近70万。 由于中低收入国家中的漏诊现象以及数据收集的遗漏缺失，真实数字很有可能远高于记录。 前列腺癌是男性泌尿生殖系统中最常见的恶性肿瘤之一，对男性健康和生活质量造成了严重影响。

用免疫疗法治疗前列腺癌目前很难做到。 Treating prostate cancer with immunotherapy is currently difficult to do.。 But results from a first in-human phase 1 trial using a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy developed by researchers from City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, showed that patients with advanced prostate cancer can be treated safely with the cellular immunotherapy with promising therapeutic activity, according to the phase 1 trial study publish