Immunotherapy: Cancer immunotherapy and the value of cure

Immunotherapy: Cancer immunotherapy and the value of cureImmunotherapy: Cancer immunotherapy and the value of cure, Published online: 20 February 2018; doi:10.1038/nrclinonc.2018.27Patients value anticancer therapies that provide durable clinical responses; immune-checkpoint inhibitors can provide such benefit for patients with some advanced-stage malignancies, albeit only for a minority of those treated. Modern oncology value frameworks have set efficacy thresholds in an attempt to assess the clinical benefit of anticancer therapeutics. But, is the benefit of durable cancer control reflected in these thresholds?
Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research