Immune checkpoint therapy—current perspectives and future directions

P Sharma, S Goswami, D Raychaudhuri, BA Siddiqui… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Immune checkpoint therapy (ICT) has dramatically altered clinical outcomes for cancer
patients and conferred durable clinical benefits, including cure in a subset of patients …

HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer: epidemiology, molecular biology and clinical management

M Lechner, J Liu, L Masterson, TR Fenton - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive (HPV+) oropharyngeal squamous cell
carcinoma (OPSCC) has one of the most rapidly increasing incidences of any cancer in high …

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 …

Tracking early lung cancer metastatic dissemination in TRACERx using ctDNA

C Abbosh, AM Frankell, T Harrison, J Kisistok… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) can be used to detect and profile residual tumour cells
persisting after curative intent therapy. The study of large patient cohorts incorporating …

Resistance mechanisms to anti-PD cancer immunotherapy

MD Vesely, T Zhang, L Chen - Annual review of immunology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The transformative success of antibodies targeting the PD-1 (programmed death 1)/B7-H1
(B7 homolog 1) pathway (anti-PD therapy) has revolutionized cancer treatment. However …

Machine learning-based integration develops an immune-derived lncRNA signature for improving outcomes in colorectal cancer

Z Liu, L Liu, S Weng, C Guo, Q Dang, H Xu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are recently implicated in modifying immunology in
colorectal cancer (CRC). Nevertheless, the clinical significance of immune-related lncRNAs …

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 …

Hallmarks of response, resistance, and toxicity to immune checkpoint blockade

G Morad, BA Helmink, P Sharma, JA Wargo - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Unprecedented advances have been made in cancer treatment with the use of immune
checkpoint blockade (ICB). However, responses are limited to a subset of patients, and …

Toward personalized treatment approaches for non-small-cell lung cancer

M Wang, RS Herbst, C Boshoff - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Worldwide, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths. Molecular
targeted therapies and immunotherapies for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have …

T cell immunotherapies engage neutrophils to eliminate tumor antigen escape variants

D Hirschhorn, S Budhu, L Kraehenbuehl, M Gigoux… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Cancer immunotherapies, including adoptive T cell transfer, can be ineffective because
tumors evolve to display antigen-loss-variant clones. Therapies that activate multiple …