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ReviewCurrent molecular medicine2024

Tumor Mutational Burden as a Biomarker of Immunotherapy Response: An Immunogram Approach in Onco-immunology.

Afzal Ansari, Suman Kumar Ray, Mukul Sharma, Rakesh Rawal, Pushpendra Singh

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Review in Current molecular medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Afzal AnsariICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur, MP, India.
Suman Kumar RayICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur, MP, India.
Mukul SharmaICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur, MP, India.
Rakesh RawalDepartment of Life Science, Gujarat University, Gujarat, India.
Pushpendra SinghICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, Jabalpur, MP, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized cancer treatment by allowing T cells to reactivate. Tumor mutational burden (TMB) is a biomarker that has emerged as a viable diagnostic for locating patients who would benefit from immunotherapy in particular cancer types. Greater neo-antigens mean more opportunities for T cell identification, and TMB is clinically linked to better immune checkpoint inhibitors. Tumor foreignness is a cancer immunogram, and TMB can be used as a substitute for foreignness. The role of TMB analysis as an independent predictor of immunotherapy response in the context of immune checkpoint inhibitor medications is the subject of this mini-review.

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Biomarkers, TumorImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyMutationNeoplasmsHumansBiomarkers, TumorImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorsbiomarkersimmune checkpoint inhibitorimmunotherapies.neo-antigensTumor mutational burden

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