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Tumour mutational burden: clinical utility, challenges and emerging improvements.
Nature reviews. Clinical oncology - 1 Oct 2024
Budczies Jan, Kazdal Daniel, Menzel Michael, Beck Susanne, Kluck Klaus, Altbürger Christian, Schwab Constantin, Allgäuer Michael, Ahadova Aysel, Kloor Matthias, Schirmacher Peter, Peters Solange, Krämer Alwin, Christopoulos Petros, Stenzinger Albrecht
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Tumour mutational burden (TMB), defined as the total number of somatic non-synonymous mutations present within the cancer genome, varies across and within cancer types. A first wave of retrospective and prospective research identified TMB as a predictive biomarker of response to immune-checkpoint inhibitors and culminated in the disease-agnostic approval of pembrolizumab for patients with TMB-high tumours based...
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