2019
State of the Future: Translational Approaches in Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Immunotherapy Era
Bakouny Z, Flippot R, Braun D, Lalani A, Choueiri T. State of the Future: Translational Approaches in Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Immunotherapy Era. European Urology Focus 2019, 6: 37-40. PMID: 30827939, DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2019.02.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaImmune systemTherapeutic resistanceMetastatic renal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsMetastatic kidney cancerSubset of patientsPatient's immune systemImmunotherapy eraCheckpoint inhibitorsTreatment optionsKidney cancerPatientsTranslational approachTranslational researchImaging modalitiesCarcinomaTherapyTumorsNovel technological advancesSubstantial numberBiomarker discoveryBrief reportTumor spheroids
2016
Genomic Approaches to Understanding Response and Resistance to Immunotherapy
Braun D, Burke K, Van Allen E. Genomic Approaches to Understanding Response and Resistance to Immunotherapy. Clinical Cancer Research 2016, 22: 5642-5650. PMID: 27698000, PMCID: PMC5135569, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-16-0066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubset of patientsCheckpoint blockadeSuch therapyImmune checkpoint blockadeImmune-based therapiesNumber of patientsLow intratumoral heterogeneityDurable responsesImmune checkpointsAdvanced cancerLoss of PTENNeoantigen loadPoint of careCertain patientsMechanisms of resistanceResistant tumorsPatientsTherapyTumor progressionImmunotherapyAppropriate functional studiesIntratumoral heterogeneityLimited responseBlockadePositive correlates