Risk model based on routine blood work predicts treatment response and survival of metastatic cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors
A risk model developed by researchers can help to identify cancer patients who could benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors, ICIs. Published in BMC Cancer, the study was conducted at the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital. Immune checkpoint inhibitors are used to treat a variety of different cancers. ICIs are antibodies that sensitise the body’s own immune system to detect and destroy tumours. However, ICIs are not effective in all patients, and systemic cancer-related inflammation, for example, may influence the efficacy of ICIs. In the new study, six