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  • Research Points to Translational Path Toward Precision Immunotherapies for EGFR-Mutant NSCLC

    Research Points to Translational Path Toward Precision Immunotherapies for EGFR-Mutant NSCLC

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    Taylor Fithian
    Immuno-Biology, Systemic, Targeted, & Immune Therapies, Targeted Therapies

    Dr. Yongfeng He said recent data show EGFR-L858R to be a shared, druggable neoantigen and provide a compelling rationale for the development of mutation-directed immunotherapies.


  • TKI Plus Checkpoint Inhibitor Without Chemotherapy Shows Promise as Initial Option in Advanced NSCLC

    TKI Plus Checkpoint Inhibitor Without Chemotherapy Shows Promise as Initial Option in Advanced NSCLC

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    Immuno-Biology

    The combination of an anti-angiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) and an anti-PD-1 immunotherapy proved promising, regardless of PD-L1 expression levels, as a first-line therapy for treatment-naïve patients with advanced NSCLC who did not harbor known driver gene mutations. In a small phase I trial combining the TKI anlotinib and the immunotherapy sintilimab, the overall response…


  • Co-mutations in DNA Damage-Response Pathways May Predict Effectiveness of Checkpoint Inhibitors in
            NSCLC

    Co-mutations in DNA Damage-Response Pathways May Predict Effectiveness of Checkpoint Inhibitors in NSCLC

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    Immuno-Biology

    NSCLC that harbors more than one DNA damage-response (DDR) gene alteration is more likely to respond to immunotherapy than disease that harbors one or no such mutations. So concluded investigators who analyzed next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the circulating tumor DNA of patients with advanced NSCLC who had received the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab or the chemotherapy…


  • Translating Early Research to Adapt CAR T-Cell Therapy to Solid Tumors

    Translating Early Research to Adapt CAR T-Cell Therapy to Solid Tumors

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    Immuno-Biology, WCLC 2020 Archive

    Although the initial research into adoptive T-cell therapy for solid tumors was related to tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, there is a growing interest in the use of adoptive T-cell therapy for the treatment of these diseases.  As part of Friday’s Plenary session “PL03: Bench to Bedside (Immunology),” Prasad S. Adusumilli, MD, FACS, attending and deputy chief of…