Choosing tumor mutational burden wisely for immunotherapy: a hard road to explore

R Li, D Han, J Shi, YX Han, P Tan, R Zhang… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2020 - Elsevier
Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of cancer due to its remarkable efficacy and
extensive survival benefit in multiple tumor types. However, predictive biomarkers are …

Next-generation sequencing on circulating tumor DNA in advanced solid cancer: swiss army knife for the molecular tumor board? A review of the literature focused on …

D Vasseur, H Sassi, A Bayle, M Tagliamento, B Besse… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
FDA-approved next-generation sequencing assays based on cell-free DNA offers new
opportunities in a molecular-tumor-board context thanks to the noninvasiveness of liquid …

Bias and inconsistency in the estimation of tumour mutation burden

MA Makrooni, B O'Sullivan, C Seoighe - BMC cancer, 2022 - Springer
Background Tumour mutation burden (TMB), defined as the number of somatic mutations
per megabase within the sequenced region in the tumour sample, has been used as a …

The role of immunotherapy in the treatment of advanced cervical cancer: current status and future perspectives

RJ Walsh, DSP Tan - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cervical cancer remains one of the most common cancers in women around the world
however therapeutic options in the advanced and recurrent setting are limited. Immune …

The tumor immune microenvironmental analysis of 2,033 transcriptomes across 7 cancer types

S Kim, A Kim, JY Shin, JS Seo - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding the tumor microenvironment is important to efficiently identify appropriate
patients for immunotherapies in a variety of cancers. Here, we presented the tumor …

Small Cell Carcinoma of the Ovary, Hypercalcemic Type (SCCOHT) beyond SMARCA4 Mutations: A Comprehensive Genomic Analysis

A Auguste, F Blanc-Durand, M Deloger, A Le Formal… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is an aggressive
malignancy that occurs in young women, is characterized by recurrent loss-of-function …

PD‐L1 versus tumor mutation burden: Which is the better immunotherapy biomarker in advanced non‐small cell lung cancer?

A Dong, Y Zhao, Z Li, H Hu - The Journal of Gene Medicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
PD‐L1 and tumor mutation burden (TMB) are the most widely used immunotherapy
biomarkers to identify populations who would attain clinical benefit, with the higher values …

Harnessing liquid biopsies to guide immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy

S Fatima, Y Ma, A Safrachi, S Haider, KJ Spring… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality for millions of
people across the globe. While immunotherapy using immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) is …

Molecular characterization of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: perihilar and distal tumors display divergent genomic and transcriptomic profiles

M Simbolo, S Bersani, C Vicentini… - Expert Opinion on …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ECC) is classified into two subtypes based
on anatomic origin: distal extrahepatic (DECC) and perihilar (PHCC) cholangiocarcinoma …

The frequency and inter-relationship of PD-L1 expression and tumour mutational burden across multiple types of advanced solid tumours in China

Y Chen, Y Wang, H Luo, X Meng, W Zhu… - … Hematology & Oncology, 2020 - Springer
Background PD-L1 expression and tumour mutational burden (TMB) are both associated
with the responses of multiple tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy …