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Emulating the Role of Neutrophils in Head and Neck Cancer Microenvironment: Prognostic Role and Therapeutic Strategies 模拟中性粒细胞在癌症头颈部微环境中的作用：预后作用和治疗策略

Journal of cancer immunology Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI: 10.33696/cancerimmunol.5.076

Khushwant Singh, P. K. Gautam

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Prognostic Factors of Nintedanib-docetaxel in Patients with Previously Treated Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Nintedanib-docetaxel治疗前非小细胞肺癌癌症患者的预后因素

Journal of cancer immunology Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI: 10.33696/cancerimmunol.5.077

L. Cabezón-Gutiérrez, S. Custodio-Cabello, V. Pacheco-Barcia, Magda Palka-Kotlowska, Catalina Saez-Bertrand, Marta Blasco-Guerrero

{"title":"Prognostic Factors of Nintedanib-docetaxel in Patients with Previously Treated Non-small-cell Lung Cancer","authors":"L. Cabezón-Gutiérrez, S. Custodio-Cabello, V. Pacheco-Barcia, Magda Palka-Kotlowska, Catalina Saez-Bertrand, Marta Blasco-Guerrero","doi":"10.33696/cancerimmunol.5.077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33696/cancerimmunol.5.077","url":null,"abstract":"Background: In advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), second-line treatment with nintedanib plus docetaxel improves survival compared with docetaxel, especially in patients with adenocarcinoma histology who progressed within 9 months after the start of firstline treatment. It is therefore necessary to identify new biomarkers/prognostic factors that select the patients who benefit from this type of treatment.\u0000\u0000Patients and Methods: In this single-center retrospective study, we included patients treated NSCLC with nintedanib plus docetaxel in the second/third line and analyzed potential prognostic factors, many of them related to the inflammatory environment; PD-L1 expression levels, Lung Immune Prognostic Index (LIPI), derived neutrophil/lymphocytes ratio (dNLR), etc.\u0000\u0000Results: Among 16 patients included in this analysis, the overall response rate was 12.5%, median progression-free survival was 2 months (95% CI, 1.22-2.78) and median overall survival was 6 months (95% CI, 2.11-9.89). LDH level is the only variable related to the disease control rate (70% in normal versus 0% in elevated LDH). The variables analyzed with prognostic significance were; no brain metastases (HR 0.33, 95% CI 0.14-0.78; p=0.011), less than 3 metastatic sites (HR 0.33, 95% CI 0.14-0.78; p=0.011), the non-use of antiangiogenic drugs in the first line (HR 0.53, 95% CI: 0.29-0.98; p=0.043), the absence of elevated LDH at the start of treatment (HR 0.55, 95% CI: 0.3-1; p=0.051) and the absence of liver metastases (HR 0.55, 95% CI: 0.29-1; p=0.05).\u0000\u0000Conclusions: In NSCLC patients with less than three metastatic sites, no brain or liver metastases, normal LDH values and not previously treated with antiangiogenic drugs in the first line showed a better prognosis when treated with second/third line with nintedanib plus docetaxel.","PeriodicalId":73633,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cancer immunology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48719982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition: The Ultimate Driver of Cancer on Difficult Paths 上皮间充质转移：癌症在艰难道路上的终极驱动力

Journal of cancer immunology Pub Date : 2023-07-07 DOI: 10.33696/cancerimmunol.5.075

Devavrat Tripathi, P. Gupta, S. Kulkarni

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Negative Feedback Expansion of Tregs Caused by Endogenous IL-2 Limits the Activity of IL-2-based Therapies 内源性IL-2引起的Tregs负反馈扩张限制了基于IL-2的治疗的活性

Journal of cancer immunology Pub Date : 2023-05-23 DOI: 10.33696/cancerimmunol.5.074

I. Amit, Natalie Levitin, Meital Gadrich, May Ben-Mayor, T. Wyant, Reut Barak, Liron Danielpur, Morya Ifrach, Itzhak Meir, Olga Bluvshtein, Yehezkel Sasson, Sharon Fischman, Guy Nimrod, Michael Zhenin, Yair Fastman, J. Vasselli, Aron Knickerbocker, R. Herbst, Yanay Ofran

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Insights from Long Noncoding RNAs into Cancer-immunity Cycle Regulation 长链非编码rna在癌症免疫周期调控中的应用

Journal of cancer immunology Pub Date : 2023-05-23 DOI: 10.33696/cancerimmunol.5.073

Yelin Liang, Yuan Zhang, Xirong Tan, Han Qiao, Jun Ma, Yingqin Li, Na Liu

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Role of Liver Navigation in Surgery Planning and the Challenges 肝脏导航在手术计划中的作用和挑战

Journal of cancer immunology Pub Date : 2023-01-26 DOI: 10.33696/cancerimmunol.5.070

S. Dakua, Sagnika Dash, Sagarika Pati, J. Abinahed

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Early Integration of Palliative Care for Patients Receiving Systemic Immunotherapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma. 为接受全身免疫疗法的肾细胞癌患者及早纳入姑息治疗。

Journal of cancer immunology Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.33696/cancerimmunol.5.072

Megan Stout, Akshay Thaper, Vivien Xu, Eric A Singer, Biren Saraiya

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Molecular Iodine Misconceptions: A Novel Formulation Approach to Topical Iodine 分子碘的误解:局部碘的新配方方法

Journal of cancer immunology Pub Date : 2022-12-22 DOI: 10.33696/cancerimmunol.4.067

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A Surprising Benefit of Cysteine Capping for Antibody Drug Conjugates 半胱氨酸封端用于抗体-药物偶联物的惊人益处

Journal of cancer immunology Pub Date : 2022-12-22 DOI: 10.33696/cancerimmunol.4.068

Xiaotian Zhong, A. D'Antona, K. Dutta

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Higher Frequency and Poor Prognosis with COVID-19 Associated Cytokine Storm among Cancer Patients: Between Two Fires 癌症患者中新冠肺炎相关细胞因子风暴的高频率和低预后：两次火灾之间

Journal of cancer immunology Pub Date : 2022-12-22 DOI: 10.33696/cancerimmunol.4.063

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