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Biomarkers of immunotherapy in urothelial and renal cell carcinoma: PD-L1, tumor mutational burden, and beyond.
Journal for immunotherapy of cancer - 25 Jan 2018
Zhu Jason, Armstrong Andrew J, Friedlander Terence W, Kim Won, Pal Sumanta K, George Daniel J, Zhang Tian
Abstract excerpt
Immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting the PD-1 pathway have greatly changed clinical management of metastatic urothelial carcinoma and metastatic renal cell carcinoma. However, response rates are low, and biomarkers are needed to predict for treatment response. Immunohistochemical quantification of PD-L1 was developed as a promising biomarker in early clinical trials, but many shortcomings of the four different...
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