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Myeloid Cells and Related Chronic Inflammatory Factors as Novel Predictive Markers in Melanoma Treatment with Ipilimumab.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Dec 2015
Gebhardt Christoffer, Sevko Alexandra, Jiang Huanhuan, Lichtenberger Ramtin, Reith Maike, Tarnanidis Kathrin, Holland-Letz Tim, Umansky Ludmila, Beckhove Philipp, Sucker Antje, Schadendorf Dirk, Utikal Jochen, Umansky Viktor
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PURPOSE: Immunotherapy with ipilimumab improves the survival of patients with metastatic melanoma. Because only around 20% of patients experience long-term benefit, reliable markers are needed to predict a clinical response. Therefore, we sought to determine if some myeloid cells and related inflammatory mediators could serve as predictive factors for the patients' response to ipilimumab. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We...
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