PD-L1 as a biomarker of response to immune-checkpoint inhibitors

DB Doroshow, S Bhalla, MB Beasley… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2021 - nature.com
Immune-checkpoint inhibitors targeting PD-1 or PD-L1 have already substantially improved
the outcomes of patients with many types of cancer, although only 20–40% of patients derive …

Head and neck cancer

LQM Chow - New England Journal of Medicine, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Head and Neck Cancer Most head and neck cancers (73% in the United States) are now
related to human papillomavirus infection rather than tobacco and alcohol. Primary cancers …

Phase IB/II trial of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, endometrial cancer, and other selected advanced solid tumors

MH Taylor, CH Lee, V Makker, D Rasco… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Modulation of vascular endothelial growth factor–mediated immune suppression
via angiogenesis inhibition may augment the activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors. We …

An immune-related gene prognostic index for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Y Chen, ZY Li, GQ Zhou, Y Sun - Clinical Cancer Research, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: To construct an immune-related gene prognostic index (IRGPI) for head and neck
squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and clarify the molecular and immune characteristics …

The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer consensus statement on immunotherapy for the treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC)

EEW Cohen, RB Bell, CB Bifulco, B Burtness… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Head and neck cancers, including those of the lip and oral cavity, nasal cavity, paranasal
sinuses, oropharynx, larynx and nasopharynx represent nearly 700,000 new cases and …

PD‐1/PD‐L1 blockade therapy in advanced non‐small‐cell lung cancer: current status and future directions

L Xia, Y Liu, Y Wang - The oncologist, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has become one of the most promising
approaches in the field of cancer therapy. Unlike the current therapies that target tumor cells …

PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling as a molecular target in head and neck cancer

FE Marquard, M Jücker - Biochemical pharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this review is to summarize current available information about the role of
PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in head and neck cancer as a potential target for new therapy …

An update on the immune landscape in lung and head and neck cancers

JW Carlisle, CE Steuer, TK Owonikoko… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy has dramatically changed the treatment landscape for patients with cancer.
Programmed death–ligand 1/programmed death‐1 checkpoint inhibitors have been in the …

Comparison of three PD-L1 immunohistochemical assays in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)

EJ de Ruiter, FJ Mulder, BM Koomen, EJ Speel… - Modern …, 2021 - nature.com
Expression of programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is being used as predictive
biomarker for immunotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) …

PD-1/PD-L1 blockade: have we found the key to unleash the antitumor immune response?

ZY Xu-Monette, M Zhang, J Li, KH Young - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
PD-1–PD-L1 interaction is known to drive T cell dysfunction, which can be blocked by anti-
PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies. However, studies have also shown that the function of the PD-1–PD …