Viral mimicry induction via epigenetic therapies and DNA damage may convert cold tumors to hot
New Strategies May Help Overcome Cancer Treatment Resistance
This narrative review explores strategies to overcome immune checkpoint blockade resistance in solid tumors. The authors suggest that induci…
Scientists are exploring ways to turn "cold" tumors into "hot" ones to help patients whose cancer is no longer responding to immunotherapy.
Combination of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors and chemotherapy shows no overall survival benefit in mCRPC
Combination therapy shows mixed results for advanced prostate cancer
This meta-analysis evaluated the addition of PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitors to chemotherapy for patients with metastatic castration-resistant pros…
Adding immunotherapy to chemotherapy for advanced prostate cancer may not improve survival for all patients and can lead to more severe side…
Combination Immunotherapy Improves Outcomes for BCG Unresponsive Non Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
Combination immunotherapy shows promise for bladder cancer patients
Multi-agent immunotherapy regimens show superior response rates and progression-free survival compared to monotherapy in patients with NMIBC…
A new combination of immunotherapies may improve response rates and survival for patients with specific types of bladder cancer.
High tumor mutational burden correlates with improved objective response rate in HNSCC patients
High tumor mutation burden predicts better results in head cancer
This meta-analysis of 1472 patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) found that high tumor mutational burden (TMB) is asso…
A high number of mutations in a tumor may help doctors predict which patients will respond best to immunotherapy.
Forty-seven clinically relevant late-phase programs identify development trajectories for PD-1 and PD-L1 therapies through 2030
47 late-phase programs aim to improve PD-1/PD-L1 cancer therapies
This narrative review analyzes registry-derived clinical trial data to identify future directions for PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitor therapies. Th…
A new review maps 47 late-phase programs working to overcome limits of PD-1/PD-L1 cancer treatments through 2030.
PD-1 inhibitor plus chemotherapy improves progression-free survival and overall survival in driver gene-negative NSCLC
Adding PD-1 inhibitors to chemotherapy improves lung cancer survival
This network meta-analysis of 20 randomized controlled trials evaluated treatments for driver gene-negative non-small cell lung cancer with …
Combining a specific immunotherapy drug with chemotherapy may help patients with certain types of lung cancer and liver spread live longer.
Primary and acquired resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors in NSCLC involves antigen presentation and TME remodeling
Understanding why some lung cancer treatments do not work for every patient
This systematic review synthesizes mechanisms of primary and acquired resistance to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in patients with non-small cell lu…
Doctors are studying why certain immune-boosting drugs fail to stop lung cancer growth. New insights help find better ways to treat patients…
Comparative Efficacy of PD-1 and PD-L1 Inhibitors in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Analysis shows PD-1 inhibitors may outperform PD-L1 for lung cancer
A meta-analysis suggests that PD-1 inhibitors combined with chemotherapy offer superior survival outcomes compared to PD-L1 inhibitors plus …
A large analysis of over 14,000 patients suggests that certain types of immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy may offer better survival r…
Multidimensional models incorporating genomic and microenvironment features likely outperform single-analyte tests to predict immunotherapy response
Multi-Omic Biomarkers May Improve Lung Cancer Treatment Predictions
This narrative review explores the integration of chemokine signatures and multi-omic biomarkers to predict immune checkpoint inhibitor resp…
New research suggests that combining multiple biological markers can better predict how lung cancer patients will respond to immunotherapy.
PD-1 inhibitors plus chemotherapy achieve 64% objective response rate in recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Different PD-1 Inhibitors Show Varying Results for Nasopharyngeal Cancer
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 1,459 patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma found a pooled objective re…
A review of 1,459 patients shows that different PD-1 inhibitors combined with chemotherapy offer varying survival and response rates for nas…
Hodgkin lymphoma survival exceeds 90% in early-stage patients with modern therapy
New treatments push Hodgkin lymphoma survival above 90%
This systematic review synthesizes outcomes in Hodgkin lymphoma, reporting 5-year survival exceeding 90% in early-stage patients and long-te…
For early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma, 5-year survival now exceeds 90%. Advanced disease remission tops 75%. But long-term toxicities remain a co…
PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors plus chemotherapy improve survival in advanced endometrial cancer
Immunotherapy combo extends life in advanced endometrial cancer
A meta-analysis of 4,052 patients from RCTs found that adding PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors to chemotherapy improved overall survival (median 43.7 v…
Adding immunotherapy to chemo boosted survival by over 14 months in advanced endometrial cancer, a new analysis finds.