2022
Clinical outcome following checkpoint therapy in renal cell carcinoma is associated with a burst of activated CD8 T cells in blood
Carlisle J, Jansen C, Cardenas M, Sobierajska E, Reyes A, Greenwald R, Del Balzo L, Prokhnevska N, Kucuk O, Carthon B, Mullane P, Osunkoya A, Baumgarten D, Hosseinzadeh F, Wilkinson S, Lake R, Sowalsky A, Liu Y, Master V, Bilen M, Kissick H. Clinical outcome following checkpoint therapy in renal cell carcinoma is associated with a burst of activated CD8 T cells in blood. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2022, 10: e004803. PMID: 35863822, PMCID: PMC9310235, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2022-004803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRenal cell carcinomaCD8 T cellsCheckpoint therapyT cellsHLA-DRCell carcinomaClinical benefitActivation markers HLA-DRAdvanced renal cell carcinomaPre-existing immune responsesImmune responsePredictor of clinical benefitPeripheral T cell activationPeripheral blood of patientsFlow cytometryT-cell receptor (TCR) sequencingIntratumoral T cellsAntitumor immune responseMarkers HLA-DRAbundant T cellsProportion of CD4Cornerstone of treatmentT cell activationBlood of patientsPredicting therapeutic response
2021
Neoadjuvant Cabozantinib in an Unresectable Locally Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Patient Leads to Downsizing of Tumor Enabling Surgical Resection: A Case Report
Bilen M, Jiang J, Jansen C, Brown J, Harik L, Sekhar A, Kissick H, Maithel S, Kucuk O, Carthon B, Master V. Neoadjuvant Cabozantinib in an Unresectable Locally Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Patient Leads to Downsizing of Tumor Enabling Surgical Resection: A Case Report. Frontiers In Oncology 2021, 10: 622134. PMID: 33598435, PMCID: PMC7882722, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.622134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRenal cell carcinomaMetastatic renal cell carcinomaMagnetic resonance imagingSurgical resectionNeoadjuvant settingCell carcinomaAdvanced renal cell carcinoma patientsLocally advanced renal cell carcinomaLeft renal cell carcinomaUnresectable renal cell carcinomaAdvanced renal cell carcinomaInvasion of adjacent structuresRenal cell carcinoma patientsNeoadjuvant systemic therapySecond-line settingSplenic flexure of colonTumor size reductionCell carcinoma patientsTail of pancreasReduced tumor growthAdjacent structuresTyrosine kinase c-MetCABOSUN trialPosterior abdominal wallTumor diameter