[HTML][HTML] Lymphopenia in cancer patients and its effects on response to immunotherapy: an opportunity for combination with cytokines?

C Ménétrier-Caux, I Ray-Coquard, JY Blay… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Quantitative lymphocyte alterations are frequent in patients with cancer, and strongly impact
prognosis and survival. The development of cancers in immunosuppressed patients has …

[HTML][HTML] Change in neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio during immunotherapy treatment is a non-linear predictor of patient outcomes in advanced cancers

M Li, D Spakowicz, J Burkart, S Patel, M Husain… - Journal of Cancer …, 2019 - Springer
Background The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is known to be prognostic for patients
with advanced cancers treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), but has generally …

[HTML][HTML] Focus on the dynamics of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Y Guo, D Xiang, J Wan, L Yang, C Zheng - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as a prognostic indicator of patients
treated with immunotherapy has been fully reported. However, the dynamics of NLR after …

Chemotherapy markedly reduces B cells but not T cells and NK cells in patients with cancer

J Waidhauser, A Schuh, M Trepel, AK Schmälter… - Cancer Immunology …, 2020 - Springer
Chemotherapy is still the backbone of systemic treatment in the majority of cancers.
However, immunotherapies, especially those based on checkpoint inhibition, are additional …

Prognostic utility of baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors: a review and meta-analysis

DB Sacdalan, JA Lucero, DL Sacdalan - OncoTargets and therapy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Systemic inflammation is associated with prognosis in solid tumors. The
neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a marker for the general immune response to various …

[HTML][HTML] Pretreatment neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and mutational burden as biomarkers of tumor response to immune checkpoint inhibitors

C Valero, M Lee, D Hoen, K Weiss, DW Kelly… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) has demonstrated clinical benefit
for a wide range of cancer types. Because only a subset of patients experience clinical …

The where, the when, and the how of immune monitoring for cancer immunotherapies in the era of checkpoint inhibition

PS Hegde, V Karanikas, S Evers - Clinical Cancer Research, 2016 - AACR
Clinical trials with immune checkpoint inhibitors have provided important insights into the
mode of action of anticancer immune therapies and potential mechanisms of immune …

[HTML][HTML] Baseline and early changes in the neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR) predict survival outcomes in advanced colorectal cancer patients treated with …

H Ouyang, B Xiao, Y Huang, Z Wang - International Immunopharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Systemic inflammation plays a role in carcinogenesis and is related to overall
survival in patients with different cancer types, including those treated with immune …

Tumour burden and efficacy of immune-checkpoint inhibitors

FG Dall'Olio, A Marabelle, C Caramella… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Accumulating evidence suggests that a high tumour burden has a negative effect on
anticancer immunity. The concept of tumour burden, simply defined as the total amount of …

Lymphocyte counts independently predict overall survival in advanced cancer patients: a biomarker for IL-2 immunotherapy

LA Fumagalli, J Vinke, W Hoff, E Ypma… - Journal of …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Interleukin-2 (IL-2) targets cells bearing IL-2 receptors and induces different
degrees of lymphocytosis. This study retrospectively evaluated whether lymphocytosis, in …