2023
Developing a definition of immune exclusion in cancer: results of a modified Delphi workshop
Clifton G, Rothenberg M, Ascierto P, Begley G, Cecchini M, Eder J, Ghiringhelli F, Italiano A, Kochetkova M, Li R, Mechta-Grigoriou F, Pai S, Provenzano P, Puré E, Ribas A, Schalper K, Fridman W. Developing a definition of immune exclusion in cancer: results of a modified Delphi workshop. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2023, 11: e006773. PMID: 37290925, PMCID: PMC10254706, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-006773.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune exclusionTumor microenvironmentCheckpoint inhibitorsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsMinority of patientsT cell infiltrationPoor clinical outcomeImmune regulatory pathwaysEffective treatment approachDevelopment of treatmentsVariety of cancersLack of responseCheckpoint therapyImmune profileClinical outcomesClinical benefitPatient outcomesCancer expertsCancer histologyT cellsConsensus definitionTreatment approachesCancer typesRound questionnaireDelphi process
2022
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Is Associated With Poor Overall Survival Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Salahuddin S, Cohen O, Wu M, Irizarry J, Vega T, Gan G, Deng Y, Isaeva N, Prasad M, Schalper K, Mehra S, Yarbrough W, Emu B. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Is Associated With Poor Overall Survival Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 76: 1449-1458. PMID: 36520995, PMCID: PMC10319962, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac924.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survivalIndependent predictorsHNSCC patientsWorse prognosisOropharyngeal tumorsCox proportional hazards regression modelMultivariate analysisHPV-positive oropharyngeal tumorsNeck squamous cell cancerProportional hazards regression modelsLower median overall survivalAcademic hospital centerNon-HIV populationMedian overall survivalPredictors of survivalSquamous cell cancerHuman immunodeficiency virusPoor clinical outcomeExpression of CD4Poor overall survivalHazards regression modelsRace/ethnicityCD8 infiltrationHazard ratioClinicopathologic characteristics