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Hypermutations in gliomas: a potential immunotherapy target.
Discovery medicine - 1 Feb 2017
Finocchiaro Gaetano, Langella Tiziana, Corbetta Cristina, Pellegatta Serena
Abstract excerpt
Checkpoint inhibitors, like ipilimumab, nivolumab, and pembrolizumab, have provided a breakthrough in cancer immunotherapy, such as in the treatment of melanoma and colorectal and lung cancer. The close relationship between the number of mutations (mutational load) and the response to checkpoint immunotherapy has been convincingly demonstrated in these cancers. Hypermutations in tumors are caused by environmental...
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