Immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer therapy

Y Shiravand, F Khodadadi, SMA Kashani… - Current …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The discovery of immune checkpoint proteins such as PD-1/PDL-1 and CTLA-4 represents a
significant breakthrough in the field of cancer immunotherapy. Therefore, humanized …

Clinical management of metastatic colorectal cancer in the era of precision medicine

F Ciardiello, D Ciardiello, G Martini… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents approximately 10% of all cancers and is the second
most common cause of cancer deaths. Initial clinical presentation as metastatic CRC …

Metastatic colorectal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up☆

A Cervantes, R Adam, S Roselló, D Arnold… - Annals of …, 2023 - annalsofoncology.org
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide, with 1.1 million new
cases per year, and is the second leading cause of cancer death. 1 CRC occurs more …

Pembrolizumab versus chemotherapy for microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair-deficient metastatic colorectal cancer (KEYNOTE-177): final analysis of a …

LA Diaz, KK Shiu, TW Kim, BV Jensen… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Pembrolizumab has shown improved progression-free survival versus
chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed microsatellite instability-high or mismatch …

Gut microbiota in colorectal cancer development and therapy

CC Wong, J Yu - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2023 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the commonest cancers globally. A unique aspect of CRC
is its intimate association with the gut microbiota, which forms an essential part of the tumour …

Colorectal cancer: a review of carcinogenesis, global epidemiology, current challenges, risk factors, preventive and treatment strategies

MS Hossain, H Karuniawati, AA Jairoun, Z Urbi, DJ Ooi… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The high lethality of colorectal cancer (CRC) is anticipated to continue in
the following decades. Early-stage CRC is entirely treatable with surgery and adjuvant …

Therapeutic targets and biomarkers of tumor immunotherapy: response versus non-response

DR Wang, XL Wu, YL Sun - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Cancers are highly complex diseases that are characterized by not only the overgrowth of
malignant cells but also an altered immune response. The inhibition and reprogramming of …

Nivolumab versus sorafenib in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (CheckMate 459): a randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 trial

T Yau, JW Park, RS Finn, AL Cheng, P Mathurin… - The lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Single-agent nivolumab showed durable responses, manageable safety, and
promising survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in the phase 1–2 …

γδ T cells are effectors of immunotherapy in cancers with HLA class I defects

NL de Vries, J van de Haar, V Veninga, M Chalabi… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
DNA mismatch repair-deficient (MMR-d) cancers present an abundance of neoantigens that
is thought to explain their exceptional responsiveness to immune checkpoint blockade …

[HTML][HTML] ESMO recommendations on the use of circulating tumour DNA assays for patients with cancer: a report from the ESMO Precision Medicine Working Group

J Pascual, G Attard, FC Bidard, G Curigliano… - Annals of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) assays conducted on plasma are rapidly developing a
strong evidence base for use in patients with cancer. The European Society for Medical …