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Markers for anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) therapy in melanoma.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2014
Postow Michael A, Yuan Jianda, Kitano Shigehisa, Lesokhin Alexander M, Wolchok Jedd D
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Therapeutic strategies that block Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) enhance antitumor immunity and prolong the lives of patients with metastatic melanoma. However, only a subset of patients benefit, and responses are often delayed due to heterogeneous response kinetics. Ongoing monitoring of the immunologic effects of therapy and correlating these immunologic changes with patient outcomes continue to be...
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