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Predictive biomarkers for checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapy

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Gibney, Geoffrey T, Weiner, Louis M, Atkins, Michael B·2016·The Lancet Oncology

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The clinical development of checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapy has ushered in an exciting era of anticancer therapy. Durable responses can be seen in patients with melanoma and other malignancies. Although monotherapy with PD-1 or PD-L1 agents are typically well tolerated, the risk of immune-related adverse events increases with combination regimens. The development of predictive biomarkers is needed to optimise patient benefit, minimise risk of toxicities, and guide combination approaches. The greatest focus has been on tumour-cell PD-L1 expression. Although PD-L1 positivity enriches for populations with clinical benefit, PD-L1 testing alone is insufficient for patient selection in most malignancies. In this Review, we discuss the status of PD-L1 testing and explore emerging data on new biomarker strategies with tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes, mutational burden, immune gene signatures, and multiplex immunohistochemistry. Future development of an effective predictive biomarker for checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapy will integrate multiple approaches for optimal characterisation of the immune tumour microenvironment.

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  • Currently, there is no reliable biomarker for predicting BLCA immunotherapy efficiency.

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    The Conclusion (page unavailable) says PD-L1 testing alone is insufficient to select patients for checkpoint therapy and that predictive models need further development. The PD-L1 expression section discusses bladder cancer, but the review does not specifically establish that no reliable biomarker exists for predicting immunotherapy response in BLCA. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Gibney, G. T., Weiner, L. M., & Atkins, M. B.
Affiliations
Georgetown University Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Gibney, Geoffrey T
Venue
The Lancet Oncology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-12
Volume
17
Issue
12
Pages
e542-e551
ISSN
1470-2045 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2559382297
Cited by
1,635
References
76
Citations by year
2026: 62 · 2025: 111 · 2024: 161 · 2023: 222 · 2022: 238 · 2021: 229 · 2020: 248 · 2019: 171 · 2018: 109 · 2017: 83 · 2014: 1
FWCI
11.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Lancet Oncology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (R01CA050633, P30CA051008)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
Keywords
predictive biomarkers, immune checkpoint inhibitors, PD-1, PD-L1 expression, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, tumor mutational burden, immune-related gene signature, multiplex immunohistochemistry, immune-related adverse events, patient selection, melanoma
MeSH terms
Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Immunotherapy, Neoplasms, Biomarkers, Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating, Tumor Microenvironment, Cell Cycle Checkpoints, B7-H1 Antigen

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