Validation of biomarkers to predict response to immunotherapy in cancer: Volume I - pre-analytical and analytical validation

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Masucci, Giuseppe V ^a   Cesano, Alessandra ^b   Hawtin, Rachael ^c   Janetzki, Sylvia ^d   Zhang, Jenny ^e   Kirsch, Ilan ^f   Dobbin, Kevin K ^g   Alvarez, John ^h   Robbins, Paul B ⁱ   Selvan, Senthamil R ^j   Streicher, Howard Z ^k   Butterfield, Lisa H ^l   Thurin, Magdalena ^f,k  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NANOSTRING TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c Nodality Inc   (United States)

^d ZellNet Consulting Inc   (United States)

^e Department of Scientific Support and Applications Development   (United States)

^f ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^h JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

ⁱ PFIZER INC   (United States)

^j Omni Array Biotechnology LLC   (United States)

^k NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Assay; Biomarker; Cancer; Immunotherapy; Standardization; Validation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; IMMUNOLOGICAL ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1;

CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CELL INFILTRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; STANDARDS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; B7-H1 ANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CTLA-4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAMMED CELL DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84998631681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40425-016-0178-1     Document Type: Review

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