11P PD-L1 profiling of circulating tumour cells is a viable companion diagnostic for checkpoint inhibitor therapy in lung cancer

ConclusionICC profiling of CTCs is a viable approach for determining suitability of patients for checkpoint inhibitor therapies. This method permits quantitative determination of PD-L1 expression which appears to have clinical relevance in determining the probability of favourable response to checkpoint inhibitor therapies.Legal entity responsible for the studyThe authors.FundingDatar Cancer Genetics Limited.DisclosureR. Patil: Full / Part-time employment: Datar Cancer Genetics Limited. D. Akolkar: Full / Part-time employment: Datar Cancer Genetics Limited. D. Patil: Full / Part-time employment: Datar Cancer Genetics Limited. V. Datta: Full / Part-time employment: Datar Cancer Genetics Limited. P. Devhare: Full / Part-time employment: Datar Cancer Genetics Limited. S. Patel: Full / Part-time employment: Datar Cancer Genetics Limited. A. Srinivasan: Full / Part-time employment: Datar Cancer Genetics Limited. R. Datar: Shareholder / Stockholder / Stock options: Datar Cancer Genetics Limited. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.
Source: Annals of Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research