Biological Biomarkers of Response and Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Renal Cell Carcinoma.
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Date publication
juin 2023
Journal
Cancers
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr BARTHELEMY Philippe, Dr MASSFELDER Thierry
Tous les auteurs :
Masson C, Thouvenin J, Boudier P, Maillet D, Kuchler-Bopp S, Barthélémy P, Massfelder T
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Résumé
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) represents around 2% of cancer-related deaths worldwide per year. RCC is an immunogenic malignancy, and treatment of metastatic RCC (mRCC) has greatly improved since the advent of the new immunotherapy agents, including immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). However, it should be stressed that a large proportion of patients does not respond to these therapies. There is thus an urgent need to identify predictive biomarkers of efficacy or resistance associated with ICIs or ICI/Tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) combinations; this is a major challenge to achieve precision medicine for mRCC in routine practice. To identify potential biomarkers, it is necessary to improve our knowledge on the biology of immune checkpoints. A lot of efforts have been made over the last decade in the field of immuno-oncology. We summarize here the main data obtained in this field when considering mRCC. As for clinical biomarkers, clinician and scientific experts of the domain are facing difficulties in identifying such molecular entities, probably due to the complexity of immuno-oncology and the constant adaptation of tumor cells to their changing environment.
Mots clés
biomarkers, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, immune checkpoint inhibitors, immunotherapy, resistance
Référence
Cancers (Basel). 2023 06 12;15(12):