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Clinical Factors Impacting Immunotherapy Response and Optimizing Patient Selection

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Mark Socinski, MD,John Heymach, MD, PhD

A panel of experts on non-small cell lung cancer outline factors that impact how well patients respond to immunotherapy.

Video content above is prompted by the following questions:

  • Outside of biomarkers, what clinical factors also lead to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy underperformance?
  • How can patient selection be optimized among those less likely to respond to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy?

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