Combination strategies with PD-1/PD-L1 blockade: current advances and future directions

M Yi, X Zheng, M Niu, S Zhu, H Ge, K Wu - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Antibodies targeting programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) or its ligand PD-L1 rescue T
cells from exhausted status and revive immune response against cancer cells. Based on the …

Lung cancer immunotherapy: progress, pitfalls, and promises

A Lahiri, A Maji, PD Potdar, N Singh, P Parikh, B Bisht… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Lung cancer is the primary cause of mortality in the United States and around the globe.
Therapeutic options for lung cancer treatment include surgery, radiation therapy …

Dostarlimab for primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer

MR Mirza, DM Chase, BM Slomovitz… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Dostarlimab is an immune-checkpoint inhibitor that targets the programmed cell
death 1 receptor. The combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy may have …

Durvalumab plus gemcitabine and cisplatin in advanced biliary tract cancer

DY Oh, A Ruth He, S Qin, LT Chen, T Okusaka… - NEJM …, 2022 - evidence.nejm.org
Durvalumab Combination for Biliary Tract Cancer This trial randomly assigned patients with
previously untreated locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer to receive …

Durvalumab after chemoradiotherapy in limited-stage small-cell lung cancer

Y Cheng, DR Spigel, BC Cho… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Adjuvant therapy with durvalumab, with or without tremelimumab, may have
efficacy in patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer who do not have disease …

PD-L1 as a biomarker of response to immune-checkpoint inhibitors

DB Doroshow, S Bhalla, MB Beasley… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2021 - nature.com
Immune-checkpoint inhibitors targeting PD-1 or PD-L1 have already substantially improved
the outcomes of patients with many types of cancer, although only 20–40% of patients derive …

Small-cell lung cancer

CM Rudin, E Brambilla, C Faivre-Finn… - Nature Reviews Disease …, 2021 - nature.com
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) represents about 15% of all lung cancers and is marked by
an exceptionally high proliferative rate, strong predilection for early metastasis and poor …

Clinical implications of T cell exhaustion for cancer immunotherapy

A Chow, K Perica, CA Klebanoff… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Immunotherapy has been a remarkable clinical advancement in the treatment of cancer. T
cells are pivotal to the efficacy of current cancer immunotherapies, including immune …

[HTML][HTML] Tarlatamab for patients with previously treated small-cell lung cancer

MJ Ahn, BC Cho, E Felip, I Korantzis… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Tarlatamab, a bispecific T-cell engager immunotherapy targeting delta-like
ligand 3 and CD3, showed promising antitumor activity in a phase 1 trial in patients with …

The rediscovery of platinum-based cancer therapy

S Rottenberg, C Disler, P Perego - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Platinum (Pt) compounds entered the clinic as anticancer agents when cisplatin was
approved in 1978. More than 40 years later, even in the era of precision medicine and …