ReviewCancer2020
Biomarkers for immune checkpoint inhibition in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Review in Cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 200 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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200 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 339 citations in OpenAlex.
- Perioperative immune checkpoint inhibitors with or without chemotherapy versus placebo with or without chemotherapy in elderly people with localised non-small cell lung cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of Emphysema on Therapeutic Efficacy and Immune-Related Pneumonitis Risk in NSCLC Patients Receiving ICIs: A Meta-Analysis of Improved Survival but Increased Toxicity.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Pooled it
- Prognostic role of systemic inflammation response index in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2024Pooled it
- Immune checkpoint inhibitors plus platinum-based chemotherapy compared to platinum-based chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab for first-line treatment of older people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Immune-related adverse events and their effects on survival outcomes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Program death ligand-1 immunocytochemistry in lung cancer cytological samples: A systematic review.Diagnostic cytopathology · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of Atezolizumab for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Based on Clinical and Molecular Features: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- Inhibitors of PD-1 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Clinical and Molecular Features.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
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- Biomarker-directed targeted therapy plus durvalumab in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a phase 2 umbrella trial.Nature medicine · 2024Trial
- Tumor microenvironment gene expression profiles associated to complete pathological response and disease progression in resectable NSCLC patients treated with neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2022Trial
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- Automated Computational Flow Cytometry Correlates Decreasing Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio to Improved Survival in NSCLC after Immune Checkpoint Blockade.Cancer immunology research · 2026Article
- Beyond the gap: moonlighting functions of connexins in cancer.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026Review
- Liposomal drug delivery for lung cancer therapy: progress, challenges, and future perspectives.Molecular cancer · 2026Review
- Liquid Biopsy Biomarkers for Predicting and Monitoring Immunotherapy Response in Lung Cancer.Cancers · 2026Review
- Programmed cell death in lung cancer: mechanisms, immune responses, and therapeutics.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026Review
- Prognostic Biomarkers and Immunotherapeutic Insights of Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis in Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma From SCRUM-MONSTAR GOZILA Substudy.JCO precision oncology · 2026Article
- Evaluation of immuno-oncologic biomarkers and β-catenin expression in response of hepatocellular carcinomas to immunotherapy.NPJ precision oncology · 2026Article
140 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The emergence of immunotherapy has dramatically changed how non-small cell lung cancer is treated, and longer survival is now possible for some patients, even those with advanced disease. Although some patients achieve durable responses to checkpoint blockade, not all experience such benefits, and some suffer from significant immunotoxicities. Given this, biomarkers that predict response to therapy are essential, and testing for tumor programmed death ligand 1(PD-L1) expression is the current standard. The extent of PD-L1 expression determined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) has demonstrated a correlation with treatment response, although limitations with this marker exist. Recently, tumor mutational burden has emerged as an alternative biomarker, and studies have demonstrated its utility, irrespective of the PD-L1 level of a tumor. Gene expression signatures, tumor genotype (such as the presence of an oncogenic driver mutation), as well as the density of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in the tumor microenvironment also seem to affect response to immunotherapy and are being researched. Peripheral serum markers are being studied, and some have demonstrated predictive ability, although most are still investigational and need prospective validation. In the current article, the authors review the biomarker PD-L1 as well as other emerging and investigational tissue-based and serum-based markers that have potential to better predict responders to immunotherapy.
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