2022
Tumor immune microenvironment of self-identified African American and non-African American triple negative breast cancer
Marczyk M, Qing T, O’Meara T, Yagahoobi V, Pelekanou V, Bai Y, Reisenbichler E, Cole KS, Li X, Gunasekharan V, Ibrahim E, Fanucci K, Wei W, Rimm DL, Pusztai L, Blenman KRM. Tumor immune microenvironment of self-identified African American and non-African American triple negative breast cancer. Npj Breast Cancer 2022, 8: 88. PMID: 35869114, PMCID: PMC9307813, DOI: 10.1038/s41523-022-00449-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTumor immune microenvironmentImmune microenvironmentTriple-negative breast cancer tissuesTriple-negative breast cancerAfrican AmericansImmune checkpoint inhibitorsTumor mutation burdenNegative breast cancerBreast cancer tissuesImmune-related pathwaysStromal TILsCheckpoint inhibitorsImmune exclusionClinical outcomesPD-L1Self-identified African AmericansCancer patientsImmune infiltrationBreast cancerMutation burdenCancer tissuesPredictive signatureMRNA expressionTherapeutic agentsPatients
2019
EGFR mutation subtypes and response to immune checkpoint blockade treatment in non-small-cell lung cancer
Hastings K, Yu HA, Wei W, Sanchez-Vega F, DeVeaux M, Choi J, Rizvi H, Lisberg A, Truini A, Lydon CA, Liu Z, Henick BS, Wurtz A, Cai G, Plodkowski AJ, Long NM, Halpenny DF, Killam J, Oliva I, Schultz N, Riely GJ, Arcila ME, Ladanyi M, Zelterman D, Herbst RS, Goldberg SB, Awad MM, Garon EB, Gettinger S, Hellmann MD, Politi K. EGFR mutation subtypes and response to immune checkpoint blockade treatment in non-small-cell lung cancer. Annals Of Oncology 2019, 30: 1311-1320. PMID: 31086949, PMCID: PMC6683857, DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAllelesAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungDrug Resistance, NeoplasmErbB ReceptorsFemaleGenetic HeterogeneityHumansLungLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedMutationProgrammed Cell Death 1 ReceptorProgression-Free SurvivalRetrospective StudiesTobacco SmokingConceptsEGFR-mutant tumorsMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterYale Cancer CenterImmune checkpoint inhibitorsPD-L1 expressionImmune checkpoint blockadeTumor mutation burdenCancer CenterLung tumorsCheckpoint blockadeEGFR mutant lung tumorsMutant tumorsCheckpoint inhibitorsLung cancerMutation burdenImmune checkpoint blockade treatmentLow tumor mutation burdenDana-Farber Cancer InstituteEGFR wild-type lung cancersCheckpoint blockade treatmentCell lung cancerEGFR mutation subtypesSimilar smoking historyCell death 1Lung cancer cases