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ReviewCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2021

Immunotherapy in nonsmall-cell lung cancer: current status and future prospects for liquid biopsy.

Elena María Brozos-Vázquez, Roberto Díaz-Peña, Jorge García-González, Luis León-Mateos, Patricia Mondelo-Macía, María Peña-Chilet, Rafael López-López

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Review in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

70 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  16. Mechanisms of primary resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors in NSCLC.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  18. Multi-index comprehensive evaluation of the efficacy and response mechanism of immunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Elena María Brozos-Vázquez *Department of Medical Oncology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. elena.maria.brozos.vazquez@sergas.es.
Roberto Díaz-Peña *Liquid Biopsy Analysis Unit, Translational Medical Oncology (Oncomet), Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. roberto.diaz.pena@sergas.es.
Jorge García-GonzálezDepartment of Medical Oncology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Luis León-MateosDepartment of Medical Oncology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Patricia Mondelo-MacíaLiquid Biopsy Analysis Unit, Translational Medical Oncology (Oncomet), Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
María Peña-ChiletBioinformatics in Rare Diseases (BiER), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 41013, Sevilla, Spain.
Rafael López-LópezDepartment of Medical Oncology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy has been one of the great advances in the recent years for the treatment of advanced tumors, with nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) being one of the cancers that has benefited most from this approach. Currently, the only validated companion diagnostic test for first-line immunotherapy in metastatic NSCLC patients is testing for programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in tumor tissues. However, not all patients experience an effective response with the established selection criteria and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Liquid biopsy offers a noninvasive opportunity to monitor disease in patients with cancer and identify those who would benefit the most from immunotherapy. This review focuses on the use of liquid biopsy in immunotherapy treatment of NSCLC patients. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs), cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and exosomes are promising tools for developing new biomarkers. We discuss the current application and future implementation of these parameters to improve therapeutic decision-making and identify the patients who will benefit most from immunotherapy.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCell-Free Nucleic AcidsExosomesHumansImmunotherapyLiquid BiopsyLung NeoplasmsBiomarkers, TumorCell-Free Nucleic AcidscfDNACTCImmunotherapyLiquid biopsyLung cancerNSCLC

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PMID33113004
PMCPMC10991125

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