by University of Chicago Medical Center Aneuploidy and TMB are synergistic predictors of survival following immunotherapy. Credit: Nature Genetics (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-022-01235-4 In many cancer types, cancer cells try to survive by escaping attack from the immune system. These cancer cells hijack mechanisms called immune checkpoints to trick the immune system into thinking they are healthy cells....
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Opdivo may bring survival boost for lung cancer patients
by Dennis Thompson Lifelong smoker Mike James had quit the habit for nearly three years when, through fluky circumstances, he found out that he had a small tumor in his right lung. “I thought it was a death sentence,” said James, 55, a public school educator in Boston. “I didn’t tell anybody for two weeks. I...