简介:AbstractImmune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the approach to advanced and locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Antibodies blocking inhibitory immune checkpoints, such as programmed death 1 (PD-1) and its ligand (PD-L1), have remarkable antitumor efficacy and have been approved as a standard first- or second-line treatment in non-oncogene-addicted advanced NSCLC. The successful application of immunotherapy in advanced lung cancer has motivated researchers to further evaluate its clinical role as a neoadjuvant setting for resectable NSCLC and for improved long-term overall survival and curative rates. In this review, we discuss the efforts that incorporate ICIs into the treatment paradigm for surgically resectable lung cancer. We reviewed the early-phase results from neoadjuvant clinical trials, the landscape of the majority of ongoing phase III trials, and discuss the prospects of ICIs as a curative therapy for resectable lung cancer. We also summarized the potential biomarkers and beneficiaries involved in the current study, as well as the remaining unresolved challenges for neoadjuvant immunotherapy.
简介:AbstractObjective:To identify potential early diagnostic markers for hepatitis B progression to primary liver carcinoma using routine immunological tests based on 6 cytokine combinations.Methods:Eight hundred and ninety-nine patients with hepatitis B progressing to early primary liver carcinoma admitted to and treated at Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, Shanghai, China between March 2015 and June 2017 were included in this observational study, including 666 patients with HBsAg+, HBeAb+, HBcAb+ liver carcinoma and 233 patients with HBsAg+, HBeAg+, HBcAb+ liver carcinoma. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to evaluate the efficiency of the different cytokine in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis B. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Changhai Hospital, Naval Military Medical University, China (approval No. CHEC2020-080) on June 6, 2020.Results:Changed levels of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-2R, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The area under the ROC curve, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and Youden index for the diagnosis of primary liver carcinoma using the combination of IL-1β, IL-2R, IL-8, and TNF-α were 0.938, 79.2%, 96.7%, 96%, 82.0%, 0.759, respectively. The serum alpha-fetoprotein level in patients with primary liver carcinoma was positively correlated with IL-2R (r=0.3502, P < 0.001), IL-8 (r=0.1558, P=0.0273), and TNF-α (r=0.2544, P < 0.001) levels. The equation fitted to the results was logit(P)=0.086+ 0.01 × IL-2R-0.001 × IL-8-0.033 × TNF-α-0.041 × IL-1β.Conclusion:Our study establishes a novel, potentially valuable diagnostic model based on four cytokines related to the early stages of liver carcinoma.