Immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of bladder cancer

A Lopez-Beltran, A Cimadamore, A Blanca, F Massari… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this review, we examined relevant clinical trial results with immune
checkpoint inhibitors in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer. We also focused on the …

[HTML][HTML] PD-L1 assessment in urothelial carcinoma: a practical approach

M Eckstein, A Cimadamore, A Hartmann… - Annals of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Five programmed death-1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors
are currently approved for treatment of locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma …

The identification of immunological biomarkers in kidney cancers

A Lopez-Beltran, V Henriques, A Cimadamore… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The recent approval of several agents have revolutionized the scenario of therapeutic
management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) allowing us to reach important …

Apelin and apelin receptor expression in renal cell carcinoma

Y Tolkach, J Ellinger, A Kremer, L Esser… - British journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Background The APLNR (apelin receptor) has been shown to be an essential gene for
cancer immunotherapy, with deficiency in APLNR leading to immunotherapy failure. The aim …

PD-L1 testing for urothelial carcinoma: interchangeability, reliability and future perspectives

T Gevaert, A Cimadamore, R Montironi… - Current Drug …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Five programmed death-1/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors are currently
approved for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the …

Clinical actionability of the genomic landscape of metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer

W Devlies, M Eckstein, A Cimadamore, G Devos… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The development of targeted therapies increases treatment options for metastatic castration
resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients. There is a need for strong predictive and …

Comparison of three validated PD-L1 immunohistochemical assays in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: interchangeability and issues related to patient selection

E Munari, G Querzoli, M Brunelli, M Marconi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Different programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) assays and scoring algorithms are being
used in the evaluation of PD-L1 expression for the selection of patients for immunotherapy in …

[HTML][HTML] Fibroblast Activation Protein-α and the Immune Landscape: Unraveling T1 Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Progression

T Muilwijk, L Baekelandt, M Akand… - European Urology Open …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background and objective The tumor microenvironment (TME) in non–muscle-invasive
bladder cancer (NMIBC) plays an important role in the anticancer response. We aimed to …

Predictive biomarkers for immunotherapy in the treatment of advanced urothelial carcinoma: Where we stand and where we go

T Gevaert, A Cimadamore, M Eckstein… - Future …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Immunotherapy is gaining a central role in the treatment of urothelial carcinoma (UC) and
several immune checkpoint-blocking (ICB) drugs have been approved by the EMA and the …

Genitourinary tumors: Update on molecular biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of response to therapy

A Cimadamore, M Scarpelli, M Santoni… - Current Drug …, 2019 - benthamdirect.com
Background: Research of biomarkers in genitourinary tumors goes along with the
development of complex emerging techniques ranging from next generation sequencing …