Treatment landscape of triple-negative breast cancer—expanded options, evolving needs

G Bianchini, C De Angelis, L Licata… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Tumour heterogeneity and a long-standing paucity of effective therapies other than
chemotherapy have contributed to triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) being the subtype …

The history and advances in cancer immunotherapy: understanding the characteristics of tumor-infiltrating immune cells and their therapeutic implications

Y Zhang, Z Zhang - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2020 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment and rejuvenated the field of tumor
immunology. Several types of immunotherapy, including adoptive cell transfer (ACT) and …

PD-1 blockade in mismatch repair–deficient, locally advanced rectal cancer

A Cercek, M Lumish, J Sinopoli, J Weiss… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation followed by surgical resection of the
rectum is a standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer. A subset of rectal cancer is …

Cancer immunotherapy using checkpoint blockade

A Ribas, JD Wolchok - Science, 2018 - science.org
The release of negative regulators of immune activation (immune checkpoints) that limit
antitumor responses has resulted in unprecedented rates of long-lasting tumor responses in …

A decade of checkpoint blockade immunotherapy in melanoma: understanding the molecular basis for immune sensitivity and resistance

AC Huang, R Zappasodi - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Ten years since the immune checkpoint inhibitor ipilimumab was approved for advanced
melanoma, it is time to reflect on the lessons learned regarding modulation of the immune …

Advances in the development of personalized neoantigen-based therapeutic cancer vaccines

E Blass, PA Ott - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2021 - nature.com
Within the past decade, the field of immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of many
cancers with the development and regulatory approval of various immune-checkpoint …

The challenges of tumor mutational burden as an immunotherapy biomarker

DL Jardim, A Goodman, D de Melo Gagliato… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Tumor mutational burden (TMB) reflects cancer mutation quantity. Mutations are processed
to neo-antigens and presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins to T …

The evolving landscape of biomarkers for checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy

JJ Havel, D Chowell, TA Chan - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapies that target cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4
(CTLA4) or the programmed cell death 1 (PD1) pathway have achieved impressive success …

Identification of neoantigens for individualized therapeutic cancer vaccines

F Lang, B Schrörs, M Löwer, Ö Türeci… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Somatic mutations in cancer cells can generate tumour-specific neoepitopes, which are
recognized by autologous T cells in the host. As neoepitopes are not subject to central …

[HTML][HTML] Development of tumor mutation burden as an immunotherapy biomarker: utility for the oncology clinic

TA Chan, M Yarchoan, E Jaffee, C Swanton… - Annals of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Treatment with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) with agents such as anti-
programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), and/or …