转移性微卫星稳定结直肠癌的存活率与瘤突变负担相关,以及通过下一代测序识别的突变

Nicholas Taflin1, Lyndsey Sandow2, Rajat Thawani3

  • 1Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

概括

高瘤突变负担 (TMB) 并没有显著影响微卫星稳定结直肠癌 (CRC) 的存活率. 像KRAS和CDKN2A这样的特定突变与更糟糕的预后相关,需要更好的生物标志物来对CRC患者的免疫检查点抑制剂 (ICI) 治疗反应作出反应.

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