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November 14, 2020

In patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), findings from the ongoing phase 2 SPiReL study demonstrated that certain gene expressions are associated with response to DPX-Survivac plus pembrolizumab and intermittent, low-dose cyclophosphamide.

November 11, 2020

The strategy of adding the plasmid IL-12 agent tavokinogene telseplasmid to pembrolizumab led to deep systemic responses in patients with actively progressing anti–PD-1–refractory advanced melanoma, according to interim results from the KEYNOTE-695 clinical trial.

March 20, 2020

Treatment with pembrolizumab demonstrated antitumor activity along with tolerable toxicity in patients with 4 different rare and hard-to-treat malignancies, according to results from a phase II study led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center researchers and published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer.

October 01, 2018

James P. Allison, PhD, and Tasuku Honjo, MD, PhD, have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their pioneering research that led to the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of cancer. The award was announced in a statement from the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet on Monday.

November 15, 2017

Ralf Huss, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Definiens, discusses a new immuno-oncology panel introduced by Definiens during the The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) 32nd Annual Meeting. The goal of the panel is to standardize the immunoprofiling of tumors to better predict response to immuno-oncology treatment.

November 13, 2017

Chimeric antigen receptor T cells have hit the prime time, with 2 FDA approvals already for this class of cellbased therapy. Undoubtedly this will be a game changer for patients with B-cell malignancies who have a small number of treatment options; however, questions regarding the realworld application of CAR T-cell therapies remain.