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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2025

HPV-positive HNSCC and Fc-silent PD-1 blockade: a clinical discrepancy that raises next immunological questions.

Kohei Okuyama, Junya Fujimoto, Souichi Yanamoto

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Targeting innate immunity to overcome immune evasion in HPV-associated cancers.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kohei OkuyamaDepartment of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA KOkuyama@mdanderson.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5616-902X
Junya FujimotoClinical Research Center, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
Souichi YanamotoDepartment of Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recent phase 3 trial of the Fc-silent anti-programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) antibody finotonlimab demonstrated promising clinical activity in recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). However, an unexpected finding emerged: human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive patients-typically responsive to PD-1 blockade-did not appear to benefit, with a subgroup HR favoring the control arm. This clinical discrepancy raises important mechanistic questions. We hypothesize that the abrogation of Fcγ receptor (FcγR)-mediated functions, while designed to preserve PD-1

Indexed as

Head and Neck NeoplasmsImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsPapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsPDCD1 protein, humanProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorBiomarkerHead and Neck CancerImmune Checkpoint InhibitorViral-specific T cells

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PMID40887107
PMCPMC12406802

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