Will this immunotherapy work for me? A common immune cell points the way.

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For many lung cancer patients, the best treatment options involve checkpoint inhibitors. These immunotherapy drugs unleash a patient’s immune system against their disease and can yield dramatic results, even in advanced cancers.

But checkpoint inhibitors come with a huge caveat: They only help a small subset of patients. Doctors struggle to predict who these patients are and — just as important — who they aren’t.

Results from a new study published in the journal JCI Insight could help improve those forecasts.

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[HungryHufflepuff]

Fascinating stuff again. Hopefully there'll be trials soon. There's a lot of promising research lately. Hopefully before too long there will be better treatments and something positive will come from all these recent developments.