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Scientists identify germline signature that predicts side effects from anti-PD1/PDL1 checkpoint therapy
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Scientists identify germline signature that predicts side effects from anti-PD1/PDL1 checkpoint therapy

by University of California, Los Angeles Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Investigators from UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a germline biomarker signature that successfully predicts which patients will suffer serious side effects that occur in up to 3 in ten patients on anti-PD1/PDL1 therapy, a promising new approach to treating cancer. Checkpoint inhibitors that...