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Immune Biomarker Working Group


  • PD-L1 Testing for Lung Cancer in 2019: Perspective From the IASLC Pathology Committee

    PD-L1 Testing for Lung Cancer in 2019: Perspective From the IASLC Pathology Committee

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    Diagnostic Oncology

    By Sylvie Lantuejoul, MD, PhD, and Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD Posted: April 16, 2020 Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), which target the PD-1/PD-L1 axis with the aim of restoring anti-tumor immunity, are now available in routine clinical practice for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic NSCLC and SCLC. Several biomarkers have been reported to predict…


  • Global Survey for Pathologists on PD-L1 Testing: Moving Toward Standardization

    Global Survey for Pathologists on PD-L1 Testing: Moving Toward Standardization

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    Diagnostic Oncology

    By Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD, and Sylvie Lantuejoul, MD, PhD Posted: November 12, 2019 Determination of PD-L1 expression by immunohistochemistry (IHC) has been widely evaluated in clinical trials as a predictive biomarker for patients with advanced NSCLC and is routinely performed to determine eligibility for pembrolizumab therapy, either as monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy or,…