Genomic profile, smoking, and response to anti-PD-1 therapy in non-small cell lung carcinoma

Mol Cell Oncol. 2015 May 26;3(1):e1048929. doi: 10.1080/23723556.2015.1048929. eCollection 2016 Jan.

Abstract

The recent successes of immune checkpoint therapies have established a new era for the treatment of patients with cancer, yet the predictors of response remain largely undetermined. We recently demonstrated that the genomic landscape of lung cancers substantially influences the response to programmed cell death 1 receptor (PD-1) blockade, providing new insights into the molecular determinants of the response to immunotherapy.

Keywords: Cancer; immunotherapy; lung; mutation.