Systemic immune-inflammation index predicts prognosis of cancer immunotherapy: systemic review and meta-analysis.
Immunotherapy
; 14(18): 1481-1496, 2022 12.
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| ID: mdl-36537255
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have substantially improved the prognosis of many patients with advanced cancer. However, some patients still do not benefit from ICIs. Therefore, determining indicators that can identify patients who may benefit from ICIs is essential. As a noninvasive, convenient and inexpensive clinical indicator, the systemic immuneinflammation index is expected to solve the aforementioned issue. Through this meta-analysis, the authors demonstrated that patients with cancers with high systemic immuneinflammation index levels had shorter survival and a smaller degree of clinical benefit after ICI treatment. Moreover, a systemic immuneinflammation index value of 750 is recommended to be the cut-off value for stratifying patients.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Immunotherapy
Journal subject:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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TERAPEUTICA
Year:
2022
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Article