Alan Su, Erin C Hong, Nicole Moxon, Staci L Mellinger, Tracy Kelly, Alison K Conlin, Zheng Zhu Topp, Philippa Newell, Nicole Fredrich, Kristen P Massimino, Yaping Wu, Maritza Martel, William L Redmond, Shaghayegh Aliabadi-Wahle, Zhaoyu Sun, James Imatani, Sasha E Stanton, Douglas A Hanes, Michael Simanonok, Wesley Rosales, Tyler J Nielsen, David B Page
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Abstract
We previously showed the feasibility and immunologic effects of multivalent peri-lymphatic cytokine injection (IRX-2) in early-stage breast cancer. We now report outcomes of a pilot evaluation of IRX-2 + pembrolizumab induction preceding neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Single-cycle induction was associated with radiographic tumor regression, tumor necrosis, immune infiltration, and high pathologic complete response rate following platinum-sparing chemo-immunotherapy. Further investigation of peri-lymphatic cytokines in TNBC is warranted.
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npj Breast Cancer publishes original research articles, reviews, brief correspondence, meeting reports, editorial summaries and hypothesis generating observations which could be unexplained or preliminary findings from experiments, novel ideas, or the framing of new questions that need to be solved. Featured topics of the journal include imaging, immunotherapy, molecular classification of disease, mechanism-based therapies largely targeting signal transduction pathways, carcinogenesis including hereditary susceptibility and molecular epidemiology, survivorship issues including long-term toxicities of treatment and secondary neoplasm occurrence, the biophysics of cancer, mechanisms of metastasis and their perturbation, and studies of the tumor microenvironment.