Mechanism-driven biomarkers to guide immune checkpoint blockade in cancer therapy

SL Topalian, JM Taube, RA Anders… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
With recent approvals for multiple therapeutic antibodies that block cytotoxic T lymphocyte
associated antigen 4 (CTLA4) and programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) in melanoma …

[HTML][HTML] The evaluation of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in breast cancer: recommendations by an International TILs Working Group 2014

R Salgado, C Denkert, S Demaria, N Sirtaine… - Annals of oncology, 2015 - Elsevier
Evidence is strengthening for the morphological evaluation of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
(TILs) in breast cancer. Herein, the concepts for TILs assessment are laid out by pathologists …

Pembrolizumab versus docetaxel for previously treated, PD-L1-positive, advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (KEYNOTE-010): a randomised controlled trial

RS Herbst, P Baas, DW Kim, E Felip, JL Pérez-Gracia… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Despite recent advances in the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung
cancer, there remains a need for effective treatments for progressive disease. We assessed …

Pembrolizumab in patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer: phase Ib KEYNOTE-012 study

R Nanda, LQM Chow, EC Dees, R Berger… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Immune checkpoint inhibition has been demonstrated to be an effective anticancer
strategy. Several lines of evidence support the study of immunotherapy in triple-negative …

Loss of PTEN promotes resistance to T cell–mediated immunotherapy

W Peng, JQ Chen, C Liu, S Malu, C Creasy, MT Tetzlaff… - Cancer discovery, 2016 - AACR
T cell–mediated immunotherapies are promising cancer treatments. However, most patients
still fail to respond to these therapies. The molecular determinants of immune resistance are …

[HTML][HTML] Pembrolizumab monotherapy for previously treated metastatic triple-negative breast cancer: cohort A of the phase II KEYNOTE-086 study

S Adams, P Schmid, HS Rugo, EP Winer, D Loirat… - Annals of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Treatment options for previously treated metastatic triple-negative breast cancer
(mTNBC) are limited. In cohort A of the phase II KEYNOTE-086 study, we evaluated …

Siglec-15 as an immune suppressor and potential target for normalization cancer immunotherapy

J Wang, J Sun, LN Liu, DB Flies, X Nie, M Toki… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Overexpression of the B7-H1 (PD-L1) molecule in the tumor microenvironment (TME) is a
major immune evasion mechanism in some patients with cancer, and antibody blockade of …

Avelumab, an anti-PD-L1 antibody, in patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer: a phase 1b JAVELIN Solid Tumor study

LY Dirix, I Takacs, G Jerusalem, P Nikolinakos… - Breast cancer research …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Agents targeting programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) or its ligand (PD-L1) have
shown antitumor activity in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer (MBC). The aim of this …

Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy with or without carboplatin in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–positive and triple …

C Denkert, G Von Minckwitz, JC Brase… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Modulation of immunologic interactions in cancer tissue is a promising therapeutic
strategy. To investigate the immunogenicity of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 …

Clinical significance of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in breast cancer

SE Stanton, ML Disis - Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2016 - Springer
Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) play an essential role in mediating response to
chemotherapy and improving clinical outcomes in all subtypes of breast cancer. Triple …