PD-L1 phenotype classification based on expression in tumor and immune cells as a potential biomarker for optimizing anti-PD-1/CTLA-4 immunotherapies in NSCLC

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer | |

Background <p>Compared with conventional chemotherapy, pembrolizumab-based chemoimmunotherapy (Pembro) and nivolumab plus ipilimumab with or without two cycles of platinum-doublet chemotherapy (Nivo+Ipi) improve survival in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, biomarkers for selecting optimal immunotherapy remain unclear. This study aimed to assess whether programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression on tumor and immune cells (ICs) can guide first-line immunotherapy…

Topics: lung-cancer, blood-cancer, immunotherapy, targeted-therapy, chemotherapy, research