Tumor mutational burden as a predictive biomarker in solid tumors

D Sha, Z Jin, J Budczies, K Kluck, A Stenzinger… - Cancer discovery, 2020 - AACR
Tumor mutational burden (TMB), defined as the number of somatic mutations per megabase
of interrogated genomic sequence, varies across malignancies. Panel sequencing–based …

Tumor mutational burden standardization initiatives: recommendations for consistent tumor mutational burden assessment in clinical samples to guide immunotherapy …

A Stenzinger, JD Allen, J Maas… - Genes …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Characterization of tumors utilizing next‐generation sequencing methods, including
assessment of the number of somatic mutations (tumor mutational burden [TMB]), is currently …

[HTML][HTML] Establishing guidelines to harmonize tumor mutational burden (TMB): in silico assessment of variation in TMB quantification across diagnostic platforms …

DM Merino, LM McShane, D Fabrizio… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Tumor mutational burden (TMB), defined as the number of somatic mutations
per megabase of interrogated genomic sequence, demonstrates predictive biomarker …

Impact of high tumor mutational burden in solid tumors and challenges for biomarker application

MG McNamara, T Jacobs, A Lamarca, RA Hubner… - Cancer treatment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accurate identification of patients with solid tumors likely to respond to immunotherapy is
crucial. Tumor mutational burden (TMB) measures the number of somatic mutations in a …

[HTML][HTML] Methods of measurement for tumor mutational burden in tumor tissue

B Meléndez, C Van Campenhout, S Rorive… - … lung cancer research, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Immunotherapies based on immune checkpoint inhibitors are emerging as an innovative
treatment for different types of advanced cancers. While the utility of immune checkpoint …

The challenges of tumor mutational burden as an immunotherapy biomarker

DL Jardim, A Goodman, D de Melo Gagliato… - Cancer cell, 2021 - cell.com
Tumor mutational burden (TMB) reflects cancer mutation quantity. Mutations are processed
to neo-antigens and presented by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins to T …

[HTML][HTML] Aligning tumor mutational burden (TMB) quantification across diagnostic platforms: phase II of the Friends of Cancer Research TMB Harmonization Project

DM Vega, LM Yee, LM McShane, PM Williams… - Annals of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Tumor mutational burden (TMB) measurements aid in identifying patients who
are likely to benefit from immunotherapy; however, there is empirical variability across panel …

Measurement of tumor mutational burden (TMB) in routine molecular diagnostics: in silico and real‐life analysis of three larger gene panels

V Endris, I Buchhalter, M Allgäuer… - … journal of cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Assessment of Tumor Mutational Burden (TMB) for response stratification of cancer patients
treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors is emerging as a new biomarker. Commonly …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing TMB measurement in clinical practice: considerations on assay requirements

R Büttner, JW Longshore, F López-Ríos… - ESMO open, 2019 - Elsevier
Clinical evidence demonstrates that treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor
immunotherapy agents can have considerable benefit across multiple tumours. However …

Size matters: dissecting key parameters for panel‐based tumor mutational burden analysis

I Buchhalter, E Rempel, V Endris… - … journal of cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor mutational burden (TMB) represents a new determinant of clinical benefit from
immune checkpoint blockade that identifies responders independent of PD‐L1 expression …