2020
Biomarkers in Precision Cancer Immunotherapy: Promise and Challenges.
McKean WB, Moser JC, Rimm D, Hu-Lieskovan S. Biomarkers in Precision Cancer Immunotherapy: Promise and Challenges. American Society Of Clinical Oncology Educational Book 2020, 40: e275-e291. PMID: 32453632, DOI: 10.1200/edbk_280571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost immune defectsPrecision cancer immunotherapyHealth care burdenCurrent treatment modalitiesSignificant side effectsSustained remissionClinical responseCheckpoint inhibitionImmune defectsRefractory malignanciesCancer immunotherapeuticsClinical benefitPatient survivalCancer immunotherapyPredictive biomarkersTreatment modalitiesCare burdenPatient responseSide effectsTrial designTumor parenchymaClinical useBiomarker developmentBiomarkersMultiple biomarkers
2018
Exceptional Response to Pembrolizumab in a Metastatic, Chemotherapy/Radiation-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Patient Harboring a PD-L1-Genetic Rearrangement
Bellone S, Buza N, Choi J, Zammataro L, Gay L, Elvin J, Rimm DL, Liu Y, Ratner E, Schwartz PE, Santin AD. Exceptional Response to Pembrolizumab in a Metastatic, Chemotherapy/Radiation-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Patient Harboring a PD-L1-Genetic Rearrangement. Clinical Cancer Research 2018, 24: 3282-3291. PMID: 29351920, PMCID: PMC6050068, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-17-1805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAged, 80 and overAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorBiopsyComputational BiologyDrug Resistance, NeoplasmExome SequencingFemaleGene RearrangementHLA AntigensHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyMutationOvarian NeoplasmsPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorReceptors, Cell SurfaceRetreatmentT-LymphocytesTreatment OutcomeConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumabCheckpoint inhibitor pembrolizumabComplete clinical responseClinical responsePD-L1Ovarian carcinomaAberrant PD-L1 expressionPD-L1 surface expressionAnti-PD1 inhibitorsPD-L1 expressionRemarkable clinical responsesHigh-grade ovarian carcinomaStandard treatment modalityAlternative therapeutic optionClear cell featuresNovel treatment optionsSignificant side effectsT-cell lymphocytesWhole exome sequencing techniqueClin Cancer ResMetastatic human tumorsRecurrent diseaseComplete responseHeavy infiltrationTherapeutic options