CheckMate 743 reinforces the role of immunotherapy in first-line mesothelioma
Nearly 1 in 4 patients with pleural malignancy continue to benefit from nivolumab plus ipilimumab at 3 years
Breast cancer treatment should be tailored to the tumour biology – not to its hormone-receptor status alone
New insights into breast cancer immunology and genomics support further segmentation of patient subgroups and treatment approaches, says Prof. Sherene Loi
The “holy grail” of lung cancer research: bring the immune system into every tumour
With multiple new therapies available, Prof. Johan Vansteenkiste says the search is on for biomarkers to better match patients to treatments
Cancer vaccination: a new era of innovation
Promising results with cancer vaccines based on specific antigen mutations in individual tumours, and typically used in combination with checkpoint inhibitors, are fuelling an upsurge of interest in cancer vaccination for patients with established cancer, explains Prof. Pedro Romero.
Using the Microbiome to augment Immunotherapy response
The intriguing possibility that altering the microbiome might offer a way of augmenting response to immunotherapy is one of the pioneering new treatment options being explored in oncology.
TAT 2020 Honorary Award recipient Lillian L. Siu, Professor at the University of Toronto and Medical Oncologist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, explains the latest progress being made in using ‘bugs as drugs’.
Is tissue tumour mutational burden a predictive biomarker for immunotherapy in lung cancer?
Two post-hoc analyses of KEYNOTE studies presented at ESMO 2019