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Genotypic and phenotypic signatures to predict immune checkpoint blockade therapy response in patients with colorectal cancer.
Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine - 1 Jun 2018
Zhao Xianda, May Audre, Lou Emil, Subramanian Subbaya
Abstract excerpt
Immune checkpoint blockade therapy (ICBT) has resulted in extended overall survival for some patients with certain types of cancer, most prominently including colorectal cancer (CRC) associated with microsatellite instability (MSI). However, most patients with CRC whose phenotypes have microsatellite stability (MSS) are unresponsive to ICBT. In efforts to understand the responsiveness of CRC tumors to ICBT,...
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