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The use of multi-omics data and approaches in breast cancer immunotherapy: a review
Ka Lun Leung1, Devika Verma1, Younus Jamal Azam2
1School of Medicine, The University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
Abstract:
Breast cancer is projected to be the most common cancer in women in 2020 in the USA. Despite high remission rates treatment side effects remain an issue, hence the interest in novel approaches such as immunotherapies which aim to utilize patients' immune systems to target cancer cells. This review summarizes the basics of breast cancer including staging and treatment options, followed by a discussion on immunotherapy, including immune checkpoint blockade. After this, examples of the role of omics-type data and computational biology/bioinformatics in breast cancer are explored. Ultimately, there are several promising areas to investigate such as the prediction of neoantigens and the use of multi-omics data to direct research, with noted appropriate in clinical trial design in terms of end points.
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