Editorial: Precision oncology in checkpoint immunotherapy: leveraging predictive biomarkers for personalized

Zodwa Dlamini1,2,3, Abdullah Kahraman4,5, Aristotelis Chatziioannou6

  • 1SAMRC Precision Oncology Research Unit (PORU), DSTI/NRF SARChI Chair in Precision Oncology and Cancer Prevention (POCP), Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI), University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa.

Frontiers in Immunology
|February 6, 2026
PubMed
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