Genetic Mechanism May Predict Effectiveness of Cure for Particular Cancers (IMAGE)

Kyoto University

Genetic Mechanism May Predict Effectiveness of Cure for Particular Cancers

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Japanese scientists have found unique genetic alterations that could indicate whether expensive immune checkpoint inhibitors would be effective for a particular patient. Publishing in Nature, the study reports that genetic alterations affecting a part of the PD-L1 gene increases the production of the protein, allowing cancer cells to escape detection by the immune system.

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