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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Possibilities of Improving the Clinical Value of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapies in Cancer Care by Optimizing Patient Selection.

Sanna Iivanainen, Jussi P Koivunen

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sanna IivanainenDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Oulu University Hospital and MRC Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland.
Jussi P KoivunenDepartment of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Oulu University Hospital and MRC Oulu, 90220 Oulu, Finland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapies have become the most important medical therapies in many malignancies, such as melanoma, non-small-cell lung cancer, and urogenital cancers. However, due to generally low response rates of PD-(L)1 monotherapy, both PD-(L)1 combination therapies and novel therapeutics are under large-scale clinical evaluation. Thus far, clinical trials have rather suboptimally defined the patient population most likely to benefit from ICI therapy, and there is an unmet need for negative predictive markers aiming to reduce the number of non-responding patients in clinical practice. Furthermore, there is a strong need for basic tumor immunology research and innovative clinical trials to fully unleash the potential of ICI combinations for the benefit of patients.

Indexed as

Patient SelectionAntibodies, MonoclonalB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCombined Modality TherapyCTLA-4 AntigenHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorAntibodies, MonoclonalB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCTLA-4 AntigenProgrammed Cell Death 1 Receptorbiomarkercancer immunotherapycost-effectivenessimmune checkpoint inhibitorsimmune-related adverse eventsPD-L1predictive

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PMID31952311
PMCPMC7014370

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